Natasha Lester is an award-winning author of historical fiction. Her latest book is The Mademoiselle Alliance, an epic, sweeping novel of one young woman who risks everything to lead the largest spy network in occupied France during World War Two. Her other recent novels include The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard, a gripping homage to woman and fashion, The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre, a fascinating World War II tale that braids fashion and espionage, The Riviera House, The Paris Secret, The Paris Orphan (also published as The French Photographer), The Paris Seamstress, and Her Mother’s Secret.
Natasha has been described by The Age newspaper as a “remarkable Australian talent” and was awarded an Emerging Writers’ Fellowship by the Australia Council for her second book. She was also the recipient of the TAG Hungerford Award for Fiction.
She has been the recipient of grants from the Australia Council and her work has also appeared in The Review of Australian Fiction and Overland, and the anthologies Australian Love Stories, The Kid on the Karaoke Stage and Purple Prose. In her spare time, she loves to teach and is a sought-after public speaker. She’s often seen drinking tea, doing headstands at yoga, or playing dress-ups with her three children.
Visit Natasha’s website: natashalester.com.
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