Beryl Kingston is a prolific bestselling author. Her first book was

published in 1985 and was an instant bestseller. From then on she

wrote a best seller every year for the next 14 years. Some of her novels

are family sagas like Hearts and Farthings and its sequel Kisses and

Ha’pennies, some are modern stories like Laura’s Way and Maggie’s Boy,

some are historical novels set in the 20th ,19th, or 18thcentury, some are

war stories like A Time to Love and Avalanche of Daisies‘ which feature

WW1 and WW2.  

 

She reached the top payment level for public lending right with her 4th

book and passed the million mark in sales with book number 12. She is

now 85 and writing her 29th and 30th novels.

 

She has also written plays for the children she taught during a long

teaching career, stories for various magazines and a novella about a

conceited cat. Bloomsbury reader are currently reissuing her backlist on

various ebook sites including Kindle.

 

She was the winner of the 2014 Blake Society Tithe Grant Award.

 

She was married for 54 years, had three children and five grandchildren and now has five great-grandchildren, who are the apples of her eye.

 

She is very approachable and can be contacted by email see Contact page. Or found on Twitter or Facebook and writes a weekly blog.