Authors who have a connection with Lyme Regis and surrounding area. Catherine and Laurence Anholt   Jane Austen   Sylvia Creed   Lucy Daniel Raby   Colin Dexter   John Fowles   Thomas Hardy   Sasa Jankovic   Lorraine Jenkin   Beatrix Potter   David Ruffle   Sallyann Sheridan   Richard Whitfield   P.G. Wodehouse John Fowles John Fowles spent the last thiry-nine years of his life living in Lyme Regis. His most famous book - The French Lieutenant's Woman - was based in Lyme Regis. More about John Fowles Books by John Fowles Jane Austen Jane Austen lodged in Lyme for some months in 1803–1804, She used the Cobb, Town and surrounding countryside for the setting of part of Persuasion written in 1815–1816. More about Jane Austen Books by Jane Austen Thomas Hardy The area arround Lymes Regis lies in Thomas Hardy's South Wessex. Bridport (Port Bredy) appears in several of Hardy's books because it is where everyone goes on honeymoon. Bridport is also the setting for Fellow Townsmen. In Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess arrives in Beaminster (Emminster) with the intention of throwing herself on the Clare family's mercy. Books by Thomas Hardy P.G. Wodehouse P.G. Wodehouse's first novel - Love Among the Chickens introduces the world to Uckridge, one of his most extraordinary inventions. It is set in Combe Regis which is instantly recognisable as Lyme Regis. Books by P.G. Wodehouse David Ruffle David Ruffle was born in Northamptonshire and moved to Oxfordshire at an early age. He moved to Lyme Regis in July 2004 after an initial visit in January of the same year. David only started writing since moving to Lyme: poetry, ghost stories and various Holmes pieces culminating in the novella Sherlock Holmes and the Lyme Regis Horror. Stories n' stuff from Lymelight Sallyann Sheridan Sallyann Sheridan has been likened to other Dorset Novelists such as Minnete Walters and Sarah Challis. An established author, she is a writer of fiction and non fiction and feels blessed to be doing something she loves whilst bringing such pleasure to her readers. Sallyann is an experienced publisher, editor and professional copywriter and still leads writing workshops throughout Europe. She lives in Charmouth and due to the success of her debut novel, If Wishes Were Horses, she is currently working on her latest novel. Books by Sallyann Sheridan Sallyann Sheridan's website Lucy Daniel Raby Lucy Daniel Raby wrote her first play at 8 (a nativity play told from the point of view of the donkey). After university, where she read English, she became an advertising copywriter and journalist writing commercials and jingles. She broke into TV writing in the late eighties, with a play for Channel 4, entitled Head Girl, starring Trudy Styler. She then became a team writer on a popular Saturday morning kids’ show, No 73, starring Sandi Toksvig. She then worked as a scriptwriter on many children’s TV programmes including Angelina Ballerina. She also created an original comedy drama show, Big Kids, for CBBC , starring Imogen Stubbs. Her books about the childhood of Santa Claus, Nickolai of the North and Nickolai’s Quest were published by Hodder in 2005/7. She has written a musical version of Nickolai of the North, which appeared at the Marine theatre, Lyme Regis for Christmas 2009, and is now available for licence. She is working on a new sci fi fantasy book series for 9-12 year olds, a supernatural detective book series for 5-9 year olds set in Lyme, and a new play for the Lyme Regis Artsfest, also set in Lyme, celebrating the town’s rich literary heritage. She is a member of BAFTA and the Society of Authors and has not one but two agents, a bit like we now have two prime ministers. She loves being by the sea in Lyme Regis but has always had a secret yen to live in a treehouse. Books by Lucy Daniel Raby Lucy Daniel Raby's website Catherine and Laurence Anholt From their studios in Lyme Regis, Catherine and Laurence Anholt have produced more than 100 children's titles (including 'Chimp and Zee') which are published in dozens of languages around the world. Books by Catherine and Laurence Anholt Sylvia Creed Sylvia Creed was born in the heart of the Marshwood Vale and into its traditional trade: dairying at Peace Living Farm. She was educated at the local village school and at Lyme Regis but later left to travel the globe. She returned to find the vale much changed and she decided to find and record her roots before all recollection was lost. Books by Sylvia Creed Colin Dexter Colin Dexter displays a detailed knowledge of Lyme Regis in The Way Through the Woods when he has Inspector Morse take a holiday in the Bay Hotel. Books by Colin Dexter Lorraine Jenkin Lorraine Jenkin from Builth Wells published her novel Chocolate Mousse and Two Spoons (set in Lyme Regis) in April 2008. Lorraine decided to leave her job and travel to Patagonia to write the book. Originally from Lyme Regis she went to University in Wales and has been in Wales ever since. Books by Lorraine Jenkin Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter wrote The Tale of Little Pig Robinson while staying at the Mariners Hotel when she was 17. Many of the illustrations are based on the spectacular scenery in and around Lyme Regis. Books by Beatrix Potter Sasa Jankovic Sasa Jankovic worked as an award-winning print and online journalist, editor, copywriter and project manager for 10 years before deciding to make the jump into freelance journalism, copywriting and proofreading in 2006. Sasa's new book, Applying for a job - the essential guide, was published on 1 July 2010. Sasa Jankovic's website Richard Whitfield Richard Whitfield is a widely-published speaker, teacher, educationist, natural/social scientist and latent poet - having a practical focus concerning qualities of lives well-lived. Books by Richard Whitfield

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