Fanny Blake

About Fanny Blake

Fanny Blake is a bestselling romance and general fiction novelist. She has also worked as a publisher for many years, editing non-fiction and fiction works before becoming a writer and freelance journalist. She did not come from a literary background but since her maiden name was Waugh she spent much of her childhood being asked if she was related to Evelyn Waugh. Nonetheless, he loved reading as a kid and used to read the obvious works by authors such as Noel Streatfield, Beatrix Potter, Enid Blyton, and Ivy Wallace. Since Blake also loved animals, she made her way through “The Incredible Journey,” “One Dalmatians,” and “Black Beauty.” In her teenage years, she discovered crime fiction and trawled her parents’ bookshelf where she read the likes of Erle Stanley Gardner, Ngaio Marsh, and Ma