“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”

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Fran Dorricott is an author based in Derby, where she lives with her family, two cats, and three dogs (one of whom weighs more than she does). She loves to tell gothic, inclusive stories and drink copious amounts of tea.

Fran is also a bookseller working in the Derby branch of Waterstones, which is secretly just a way for her to fuel her ridiculous book-buying addiction. Her first novel, After the Eclipse, was released in March 2019. The Final Child (Sept 2021) is her second novel.

Represented by: Diana Beaumont at Marjacq

CONNECT ON TWITTER: @franwritesstuff

After the Eclipse is a “sharply and cleanly told” psychological thriller that explores community and family ties in a story of two solar eclipses and two missing girls.

A haunting, bittersweet thriller about family, blood and loyalty. When the past begins to haunt the present, will you answer the questions you’ve been hiding from your whole life?