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Cathy Hayward

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I write historical fiction often set in dual timelines between the past and the present day. I love stories about family secrets and intrigue (think Kate Morton) which it why I write about them. My debut novel The Girl in the Maze comes out in autumn 2021

I trained as a journalist and edited a variety of trade publications, several of which were so niche they were featured on Have I Got News for You. I then moved into the world of PR and set up an award-winning communications agency Magenta Associates.

Devastated and inspired in equal measure by the death of my parents in quick succession, I completed The Creative Writing Programme with New Writing South out of which emerged my debut novel The Girl in the Maze about the experience of moth ...more

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If you��re choosing to read The Girl in the Midnight Maze in your book group, then a massive THANK YOU. I obviously love the idea that people are reading my book, but far more exciting is that you��re sitting around talkin...

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Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

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“Sometimes the only way to heal a wound is to open it up”
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“I read an article once about family dysfunction. It described it as rolling from generation to generation like a fire in the woods, taking down everything in its path. It said that you need one person in one generation to have the courage to turn and face the flames. And that person will be the one to bring peace to their ancestors and spare the children who follow them, and their children.”
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