Michelle Rawlins is an award-winning freelance journalist with over 20 years’ experience working in print and digital media. After learning her trade, Michelle began her freelance career writing for national newspapers and women’s magazines, concentrating on real-life stories – living by the mantra: ‘it’s always the most ordinary people who have the most extraordinary stories’.

Praise for Joy for the Steel Girls: 'Michelle Rawlins has done it again. This emotional and authentic tale is based on meticulous research. Full of heart and hope' KATE THOMPSON'A book that celebrates the strength of women, the power of friendship and the spirit of the era. Wonderful, hopeful, joyous and uplifting' MILLY JOHNSON'Joy for the Steel Girls had me hooked from the start, and I stayed up reading into the small hours. Rawlins immerses her readers into wartime Sheffield so skillfully that I lived her characters’ fears, hopes and joys right along with them. It’s a wonderful tale – heartbreaking, gritty and inspiring. Saga fans are in for a treat!' VICKI BEEBY'A warm, beautifully written tale of the strength of women's friendship, courage and survival' ALEXANDRA WALSH Praise for the Steel Girls series: 'A captivating read, every bit as good as the others in this wonderful series' SUSANNA BAVIN'A heartwarming, yet moving and poignant tale, of courage, friendship and hope, based on the tremendous and brave Yorkshire women of World War Two' MILLY JOHNSON'This is storytelling at its most vibrant and closely-researched. Michelle Rawlins' prose bubbles with gritty humour and powerful emotion. If you love sagas, you'll love the Steel Girls!' BETTY WALKER'An inspiring read filled with warmth and nostalgia' HANNAH DOYLE‘A riveting saga about love, courage and, above all, female friendship’ Best‘A lovely read’ Bella‘Hardship, courage and hope on the Home Front’ Kate Thompson, bestselling author of Secrets of the Lavender Girls‘A heart-warming story perfect for saga lovers’ Nancy Revell, bestselling author of The Shipyard Girls on the Home Front‘A great read’ Yorkshire Post’A heart-warming tale of the brave women who stepped up to become the backbone of Sheffield’s steel industry during the Second World War’ Yours

Michelle Rawlins is an award-winning freelance journalist with over 20 years’ experience working in print and digital media. After learning her trade, Michelle began her freelance career writing for national newspapers and women’s magazines, concentrating on real-life stories – living by the mantra: ‘it’s always the most ordinary people who have the most extraordinary stories’.

Praise for Joy for the Steel Girls: 'Michelle Rawlins has done it again. This emotional and authentic tale is based on meticulous research. Full of heart and hope' KATE THOMPSON'A book that celebrates the strength of women, the power of friendship and the spirit of the era. Wonderful, hopeful, joyous and uplifting' MILLY JOHNSON'Joy for the Steel Girls had me hooked from the start, and I stayed up reading into the small hours. Rawlins immerses her readers into wartime Sheffield so skillfully that I lived her characters’ fears, hopes and joys right along with them. It’s a wonderful tale – heartbreaking, gritty and inspiring. Saga fans are in for a treat!' VICKI BEEBY'A warm, beautifully written tale of the strength of women's friendship, courage and survival' ALEXANDRA WALSH Praise for the Steel Girls series: 'A captivating read, every bit as good as the others in this wonderful series' SUSANNA BAVIN'A heartwarming, yet moving and poignant tale, of courage, friendship and hope, based on the tremendous and brave Yorkshire women of World War Two' MILLY JOHNSON'This is storytelling at its most vibrant and closely-researched. Michelle Rawlins' prose bubbles with gritty humour and powerful emotion. If you love sagas, you'll love the Steel Girls!' BETTY WALKER'An inspiring read filled with warmth and nostalgia' HANNAH DOYLE‘A riveting saga about love, courage and, above all, female friendship’ Best‘A lovely read’ Bella‘Hardship, courage and hope on the Home Front’ Kate Thompson, bestselling author of Secrets of the Lavender Girls‘A heart-warming story perfect for saga lovers’ Nancy Revell, bestselling author of The Shipyard Girls on the Home Front‘A great read’ Yorkshire Post’A heart-warming tale of the brave women who stepped up to become the backbone of Sheffield’s steel industry during the Second World War’ Yours