Boldwood signs nine more authors including Young and Dunn

Boldwood Books has signed nine more authors to its list, including romantic novelists, historians and crime writers, as it expands its talent pool to 86 authors.

The press recently picked up the Independent Publisher of the Year Award 2022 and is approaching its third birthday.

Its nine new authors include women’s fiction writers Zoë Folbigg, Aimee Brown and Gillian Harvey, cosy crime specialists Kelly Oliver, T A Williams and Debbie Young, and historical writers Peter Gibbons and Jane Dunn. Completing the new cohort are thriller duo Shari Low and Ross King. 

All have been contracted on multi-book deals and will be published in every format simultaneously in all English language territories, in keeping with Boldwood’s model for all its authors.

Among the titles, Young will be penning several new mysteries in her Sophie Sayers and St Brides series for the independent on a 13-book contract. Boldwood will be publishing several new titles in each series and republishing the backlist, starting in September 2022.

Dunn, a historian and biographer, will be publishing Sybella, the first instalment of her debut fiction trilogy set in the Regency period, in January 2023. 

Amanda Ridout, founder and c.e.o., said: "We are thrilled to be welcoming these writers to the Boldwood family, as we celebrate our award-winning success and thank all of our established authors, team-members and industry partners for their support. Our books continue to delight readers worldwide and May will see their first foray into the UK supermarket sector. It has been an extraordinary journey so far and we look forward to an exciting future."