Frances Liardet
About the author

Frances Liardet

Frances Liardet is a child of the children of the Second World War. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and studied Arabic at Oxford before travelling to Cairo to work as a translator. She currently lives in Somerset with her husband and daughter, and runs a summer writing session called Bootcamp. Her first novel, The Game, won a Betty Trask award. We Must Be Brave is her second novel.

Books by Frances Liardet

Frances Liardet Articles

The Extraordinary Sensory Experience of Motherhood: Frances Liardet on writing We Must Be Brave

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15 February 2019

The Extraordinary Sensory Experience of Motherhood: Frances Liardet on writing We Must Be Brave

    An Enduring Kind of Love: Read a letter from Frances Liardet about love, loss and her book, We Must Be Brave

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    12 February 2019

    An Enduring Kind of Love: Read a letter from Frances Liardet about love, loss and her book, We Must Be Brave

      Battle of Emotions: Read an extract from We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

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      8 February 2019

      Battle of Emotions: Read an extract from We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

        An Unexpected Gift: Review of We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

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        5 February 2019

        An Unexpected Gift: Review of We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet