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Laura Thompson

Laura Thompson won the Somerset Maugham award for her first book, The Dogs, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters. Other books include the critically-acclaimed Life in a Cold Climate, a biography of Nancy Mitford, and Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life, which was nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe award in 2019. Her most recent book, Heiresses, has been one of our top sellers since its release. 

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Laura has kindly recommended her five favourite non-fiction books for our customers.

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