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    Annabel Abbs

    Jan 20, 2022 2 minutes

    Annabel Abbs is a British writer of biographical historical novels. Her 2016 debut, The Joyce Girl, won the Impress Prize, while her second novel, Frieda: The Original Lady Chatterley was named as a Times Book of the Year in 2018. Annabel lives in London with

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