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Winner of the Hawthornden Fellowship

Winner of the Lavigny International Writer’s Fellowship

Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award

Reviews

‘A wonderful insight into life in 17th century Edinburgh and London, The Queen’s Lender is about power, suspicion, religious strife, persecution and conspiracy. Fast-paced, informative, gripping and beautifully written, seen through the turbulent years of the reign of James VI of Scotland and James I of England. Royal court intrigue at it’s finest.’

– Historical Writers Association

A stunning novel about the birth of the United Kingdom that demonstrates the scholarship of the author, as well as her imaginative power.’

– Richard Holloway, Author, Sunday Times Bestseller

‘Jean Findlay is a master wordsmith [...] Every politician in Scotland’s Parliament should read this unforgettable novel.’

– Richard Demarco CBE

‘The novel reads like good fiction should - it’s measured yet assertive, intellectually stimulating yet entertaining [...] Findlay, as a historically aware novelist, has managed to capture the essence of a fascinating moment in time.’

– International Literary Quarterly

‘It’s rare that I have such an immediate response to, and impression made by, a work of fiction [...] If this novel does not win a major award in the next publishing cycle, it will be a travesty and a disservice to the talents and intelligence of the author.’

– Martyn Colebrook (2023)

Publication Date April 2024

JEAN FINDLAY is the author of Chasing Lost Time – the Life of CK Scott Moncrieff, Soldier, Spy, Translator published in 2014 by Chatto and Windus, London, and by FSG, New York. She has a lifetime’s experience in literature as a playwright, journalist, author and - for the last ten years - as an independent publisher. Her first book was shortlisted for a Lambda Award in New York in 2016. She has spoken at the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Jaipur Book Festival in India, The Centre for Fiction in New York, the Boston Atheneum, The Savile Club in London, Bregenz in Austria, Wigton Book Festival, New York University Graduate Centre, The Saltire Society, The Boni Centre, New York, Borders Book Festival, Aye Write in Glasgow. Her agent is Peter Straus of RCW.

Author Biography

JEAN FINDLAY is the author of Chasing Lost Time – the Life of CK Scott Moncrieff, Soldier, Spy and Translator published in 2014 by Chatto and Windus, London, and by FSG, New York. This is her first novel which has already won the Hawthornden Fellowship 2018 and Lavigny International Writer’s Fellowship 2019 which allowed the writer to do extensive historical research into the period.

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