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Imogen Matthews

3 Series • 9 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of The Dutch Girls Books
Start with: The Girl from the Resistance (2023)
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Publication Order of Wartime Holland Books
Start with: The Girl Across the Wire Fence (2021)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Only I Can Save Them (2025)

ⓘ About Imogen Matthews

Imogen Matthews is an award-winning author who is best for her historical fiction novels usually set in Holland during the Second World War. The author was born to an English father and a Dutch mother in the small village of Rijswijk, Holland. When she was still very young her father moved the family to England. As such Imogen spent much of her childhood listening to her mother tell stories of life in Holland. She heard of the many challenges she had to deal with during the brutal winters of 1944 and 1945 when food was almost impossible to come by. Writing has been part of Imogen Matthews’ life for as long as she can remember and she remembers writing when she was just eight. At this time, the family was living in Nigeria and she used to attend the local village school where Mrs.

All Book Series by Imogen Matthews

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The Girl from the Resistance

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2023

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2023
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The Girl with the Red Hair

Book 2 of 3 · published 2024

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2024
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The Wartime Nurse

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2024

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2024
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The Girl Across the Wire Fence

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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The Hidden Village

Book 2 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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Hidden in the Shadows

Book 3 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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The Boy in the Attic

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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Only I Can Save Them

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2025

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2025
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The Girl with Two Names

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2026

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2026

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Imogen Matthews?

Imogen Matthews is an award-winning author who is best for her historical fiction novels usually set in Holland during the Second World War. The author was born to an English father and a Dutch mother in the small village of Rijswijk, Holland. When she was still very young her father moved the family to England.

Which Imogen Matthews series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Wartime Holland series, the earliest of Imogen Matthews's multi-book series: it opens with The Girl Across the Wire Fence (2021) and runs to 4 books across 2021–2022, ending with The Boy in the Attic (2022). Imogen Matthews's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Imogen Matthews written?

Imogen Matthews has 9 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2021 and 2026. 7 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Wartime Holland series with 4 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Imogen Matthews's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Imogen Matthews's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Wartime Holland (2021–2022, 4 books) and The Dutch Girls (2023–2024, 3 books).

How are Imogen Matthews's books organised into series?

This guide splits Imogen Matthews's 9 books into 2 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Wartime Holland (4 books, 2021–2022); The Dutch Girls (3 books, 2023–2024).