Anstey Harris

Anstey Harris was born in an unmarried mothers' home in Liverpool in 1965. Now a mother and stepmother herself, she lives in Scotland. She has been inspired by her family history, and hopes to give a voice to the women and children--16,000 a year during the 1960s in the UK--separated from each other by forced adoptions. Anstey won the H. G. Wells Short Story Award in 2015 and her debut novel, The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton , a Richard and Judy Book Club choice, won the Sapere Books...See more

Anstey Harris was born in an unmarried mothers' home in Liverpool in 1965. Now a mother and stepmother herself, she lives in Scotland. She has been inspired by her family history, and hopes to give a voice to the women and children--16,000 a year during the 1960s in the UK--separated from each other by forced adoptions. Anstey won the H. G. Wells Short Story Award in 2015 and her debut novel, The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton , a Richard and Judy Book Club choice, won the Sapere Books RNA Popular Romantic Fiction Award in 2020. Her second novel, Where We Belong , was shortlisted for the RNA Book of the Year Award 2021 and she numbers Libby Page, Katie Fforde and Beth O'Leary among her many fans. See less