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ⓘ About Maggie O'Farrell
“After You’d Gone won a Betty Trask Award. “The Distance Between Us” won a Somerset Maugham Award, while “The Hand That First Held Mine” won a Costa Novel Award in 2010. Her novel “Hamnet” is a Waterstones Book of the Year. “Instructions for a Heatwave” and “This Must Be The Place” were each shortlisted for Costa Novel Awards. Ideas can come to Maggie from anywhere, often when you are least expecting it. It can be something that she overhears, has been told, something she has dreamt, or read about. She keeps a special notebook, where she write down any scenarios or ideas that strike her as interesting. When she is feeling a dearth of inspiration, she will flip through it. Maggie’s debut novel, called “After You’d Gone”, was released in the year 2000.
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Maggie O'Farrell?
“After You’d Gone won a Betty Trask Award. “The Distance Between Us” won a Somerset Maugham Award, while “The Hand That First Held Mine” won a Costa Novel Award in 2010. Her novel “Hamnet” is a Waterstones Book of the Year. “Instructions for a Heatwave” and “This Must Be The Place” were each shortlisted for Costa Novel Awards. Ideas can come to Maggie from anywhere, often when you are least expecting it.
Which Maggie O'Farrell series should I start with?
Maggie O'Farrell's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is After You'd Gone (2000).
How many books has Maggie O'Farrell written?
Maggie O'Farrell has 14 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2026. They are filed under 4 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Non-Fiction and Children's.
In what order should Maggie O'Farrell's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 14 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Maggie O'Farrell's books organised into series?
This guide splits Maggie O'Farrell's 14 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (11 books); Non-Fiction (1 book); Children's (1 book); Picture (1 book).