Frances Brody

About the Author

Frances McNeil is an English writer, playwright and has written tremendously for radio. She also writes as Frances Brody were she writes a series of 1920’s crime novels that feature Kate Shackleton. The author has also published three books under her name which were republished in 2016 under the pen name Frances Brody. Sisters on Bread Street is loosely based on the story of her biological mother who lived in Bread Street in Leeds as a child. The novel was published in a limited edition immediately after her mother’s hundredth birthday. Later it was released as an expanded edition under the title Somewhere Behind the Morning and then republished in 2016 under its original title. Sixpence in her Shoe is partly focused on the Leeds Children Holiday Camp Association based at Silverdale, Lanca. Frances Brody is the author of over 23 books across 5 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Kate Shackleton Books series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Frances Brody has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.