Freda Lightfoot

Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot was born in Lancashire. She was a teacher, a bookseller in the Lake District, then a smallholder and began her writing career publishing short stories and articles before finding her vocation as a novelist. She published over fifty novels, mostly sagas and historical fiction. Freda died aged 83 in 2025, leaving a legacy of books that continue to be enjoyed by thousands of readers.