Lizzy Barber studied English at Cambridge University. Having previously dabbled in acting and film development, she has spent the last ten years as head of marketing for a restaurant group.Her first novel, A Girl Named Anna, won the Daily Mail and Random House First Novel Prize 2017.
Barber lives in London with her husband, a food writer.
At CrimeReads she tagged five favorite novels featuring extreme religion believers, including:
Children of Paradise, by Fred D’AguiarRead about another entry on the list.
Also inspired by reality, Fred D’Aguiar’s mesmerizing psychological thriller turns to the People’s Temple for inspiration. In a South American commune, a young girl is singled out by the cult’s omnipotent leader, leading the girl’s mother, Joyce, to call her faith and everything she has known into question. A thrilling re-imagining of the horrific Jonestown massacre, Children of Paradise examines the tragic consequences of obsession and religious fanaticism.
--Marshal Zeringue
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