Authors Near Lowdham
The local area is packed full of authors, it seems!
Elizabeth Baguley 
Elizabeth Baguley was born in Nottinghamshire and has worked here as a teacher at both primary and secondary levels for many years. She began writing when her children were small and her picture books have been published by OUP, Little Tiger Press and others. Elizabeth’s books for Little Tiger Press include Meggie Moon, which won the Swiss Labelle Prize 2008 and A Long Way From Home, which was shortlisted for the UKLA Children’s Book Award in the Picture Book category.
Cathy Bramley
Cathy Bramley is now a full-time writer of light-hearted romantic fiction, but spent eighteen years running her own marketing agency. Her first book, Conditional Love, was self published, but in 2014, Cathy caught the attention of Transworld Publishers and this summer (2025) she published her eighteenth book.
Alison Chippindale
Alison Chippindale from Burton Joyce started writing again after the death of her husband, 28 years after her last poem! In the late 80s she had a prolific if brief outpouring, and was published by Yer Own Stuff Press as part of the Scarlet Women series, One Woman’s Voice. During 2018, Alison created her second collection, Mug without a Handle, Life after Loss of a Long-term Partner, One Woman’s Experience, made a website and gave a reading as part of Nottinghamshire’s Inspire Poetry Festival.
Wilf Morgan 
Wilf Morgan is a Nottingham lad, now living in Southwell, who is proving to be one of the top new writing talents on Nottingham’s literary scene. He is the founder of the publishing label 88Tales Press and author of The Cotton Keeper, Lost Angels and The Assassin’s Wedding. He also writes The Arilon Chronicles, a fantasy series for younger readers, the opening novel being Arthur Ness and the Secret of Waterwhistle.
Scriptorium Writers
This is a small friendly group affiliated to the Association of Christian Writers which meets at Southwell library, 5 or 6 times per year with occasional meetings online. More details from fionalinday@hotmail.co.uk
Other Nottinghamshire Authors
We are very lucky in Nottinghamshire to have a thriving contemporary literary scene, as well as a fine heritage that includes authors such as DH Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe.
These are just some of our local authors – click on the blue names to link to their websites.
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