Rosanna Pike – författare

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTIONWINNER OF THE GOLDSBORO GLASS BELL AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM HISTORICAL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN AWARD‘Striking, darkly funny and heartfelt … Grabs you from the first page and doesn’t let go’ Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits‘Crisp, transportive, uplifting … I loved it!’ Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry‘A bold, funny and imaginative journey through Tudor England … A real treat’ Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone TheatreBorn a vagabond, Tibb Ingleby has never had a roof of her own. Her mother has taught her that if you’re not too bound by the Big Man’s rules, there are many ways a woman can find shelter in this world. But now her ma is gone.As she journeys through the fields and forests of medieval England, Tibb discovers that there are people who will care for her, as well as those who mean her harm. And there are a great many others who are prepared to believe just about anything…So, when the opportunity presents itself to escape the shackles society has placed on them, Tibb and her new friends conjure an audacious plan: her greatest trickerie yet. But before they know it, their hoax takes on a life of its own, drawing crowds - and vengeful enemies - to their door.A tale of belief and superstition, kinship and courage, A Little Trickerie introduces a ragtag cast of characters and an unforgettable, endearing and distinctly unangelic heroine.‘Joyful and highly original … Rosanna Pike absolutely nails Tibb’s voice’ The Times‘Absolutely raucous and vividly alive’ India Knight‘[Written] with great panache ... A book [that] is unapologetically itself ... Lovable, fun and emotionally juicy’ Guardian

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTIONWINNER OF THE GOLDSBORO GLASS BELL AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM HISTORICAL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN AWARD‘Striking, darkly funny and heartfelt … Grabs you from the first page and doesn’t let go’ Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits‘Crisp, transportive, uplifting … I loved it!’ Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry‘A bold, funny and imaginative journey through Tudor England … A real treat’ Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone TheatreBorn a vagabond, Tibb Ingleby has never had a roof of her own. Her mother has taught her that if you’re not too bound by the Big Man’s rules, there are many ways a woman can find shelter in this world. But now her ma is gone.As she journeys through the fields and forests of medieval England, Tibb discovers that there are people who will care for her, as well as those who mean her harm. And there are a great many others who are prepared to believe just about anything…So, when the opportunity presents itself to escape the shackles society has placed on them, Tibb and her new friends conjure an audacious plan: her greatest trickerie yet. But before they know it, their hoax takes on a life of its own, drawing crowds - and vengeful enemies - to their door.A tale of belief and superstition, kinship and courage, A Little Trickerie introduces a ragtag cast of characters and an unforgettable, endearing and distinctly unangelic heroine.‘Joyful and highly original … Rosanna Pike absolutely nails Tibb’s voice’ The Times‘Absolutely raucous and vividly alive’ India Knight‘[Written] with great panache ... A book [that] is unapologetically itself ... Lovable, fun and emotionally juicy’ Guardian

1589: A woman may be on the throne of England, but in the burgeoning pamphlet-printing business it is men who own the narrative. And the narrative tells a familiar story against women: of original sin and corruption, of temptresses and witches, of the risky folly of indulging an outspoken wife.Kit Straker, trapped in a marriage to a man whose ego is as large as his belly is wide, can only suffer in silence as the pamphlets of Francis Straker, decrying the weakness and sinfulness of the fairer sex gather a growing following in the city.But when she meets Will, an apprentice printer, and Winifred, a prostitute who has carved out her own kind of freedom among the stews of Southwark, they give her the courage to secretly defy her husband and spread her own, very different message. Soon London is in thrall to the battle of wits between 'Jane Anger' and Francis Straker, and the women of the city are asking questions they have never dared utter before.But as the net closes in around her and those she loves are dragged deeper into danger, Kit must choose between staying silent or gambling all on the power of words.