Louise Beech

Louise Beech is the author of nine novels and a memoir, Eighteen Seconds (2023). Her debut, How to be Brave, was a Guardian Readers’ Pick; The Lion Tamer Who Lost shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Awards 2019 and longlisted for the Polari Prize that same year; Call Me Star Girl was Best magazine’s Book of the Year; This Is How We Are Human was a Clare Mackintosh Book Club pick; and audiobook Daffodils shortlisted for the Audies23. Wonderful, which imagines if Marilyn Monroe had lived, is released on Marilyn's 100th birthday, 1st June 2026. Louise's dystopian thrillers, End of Story and Lights Out, are written as Louise Swanson.