Victoria Hislop
Victoria Hislop is an English novelist who studied English at Oxford before working in publishing, PR, and journalism.
She is married with two children and specializes in Mediterranean settings, particularly Greece.
Her debut novel, The Island, became a massive bestseller, topping Sunday Times charts for eight weeks and selling over two million copies worldwide.
She won Newcomer of the Year at the 2007 Galaxy British Book Awards and the Richard & Judy Summer Read competition.
Her subsequent novels, including The Return and The Thread, also achieved bestseller status, with her works translated into over twenty languages.
