Alphabet Authors ~ H is for Hislop

I found this idea on Simon's blog @ Stuck in a Book. He picks an author for each letter of the alphabet, sharing which of their books he's read, which I ones he owns, how he came across them etc.

 

There are a few great authors with the initial H: Ernest Hemingway, Hermann Hesse, or Khaled Hosseini, for example.

But one of my absolute favourite authors is Victoria Hislop, so I definitely had to choose her for this letter.

Most of this British author's books are about Greece and she seems to have depicted that country so well that they granted her honorary Greek citizenship. If that isn't a praise, I don't know what is.

Her very first book, which was also the very first book I read by her, is "The Island". She later wrote a sequel "One August Night" and a children's book about the story, "Maria's Island". But any of her other books are also great.

- "Cartes Postales from Greece" - 2016
- "The Figurine" - 2023
- "The Island" - 2005
- "Maria's Island" - 2021
- "The Last Dance and Other Stories" - 2015 
- "One August Night" - 2020
- "The Return" - 2008
- "The Sunrise" - 2014 
- "Those Who Are Loved" - 2019
- "The Thread" - 2011

She has also written some non-fiction books with Duncan Goodhew, a former competitve swimmer:
"Sink or Swim: The Self-help Book for Men Who Never Read Them" - 2002 (Goodreads)
"Fix Your Life – Now!: The Six Step Plan to Help You Fix Your Life" - 2012 (Goodreads)

Facts about Victoria Hislop:
Born    1959 Bromley, Kent
As she is still alive, I hope she will write more books

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This is part of an ongoing series where I will write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all here.