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Biography
Beth O'Leary is a 30 year old novelist from Hampshire, England. O'Leary grew up in Winchester, along with her six older siblings, and went on to study English at Oxford University. After eight years of searching for an agent, O'Leary signed with Tanera Simons at Darley Anderson Agency. She has published three books with Quercus since leaving her job working at a children's publisher. Her three published books have all been described as contemporary romantic comedies despite at times discussing some relatively deep topics.

The Flatshare
The FLatshare was O'Leary's fifth completed novel and first published book. It was published by Quercus on 18th April 2019. As well as being a Sunday Times bestseller, The flatshare was also nominated for several awards, including Goodreads Choice Awards Best Romance and 'Comedy Women in Print'. Since 2019 it has been translated into 30 languages.

"Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they're crazy, but it's the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy's at work in the day, and she has the run of the place the rest of the time.

But with obsessive ex-boyfriends, demanding clients at work, wrongly imprisoned brothers and, of course, the fact that they still haven't met yet, they're about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the window..."

The Switch
Published just short of a year after The Flatshare, The Switch also quickly became a Sunday Times Bestseller. When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She’d like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn’t offer many eligible gentlemen.

Once Leena learns of Eileen’s romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. But with gossiping neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate up north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating to contend with in the city, stepping into one another’s shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected.

Leena learns that a long-distance relationship isn’t as romantic as she hoped it would be, and then there is the annoyingly perfect – and distractingly handsome – school teacher, who keeps showing up to outdo her efforts to impress the local villagers. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect match nearer home than she first thought?

The Road Trip
The Road Trip was published on the 29th of April 2021 by Quercus and was a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance (2021) Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend’s wedding in rural Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed.

But, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is none other than Addie’s ex, Dylan, who she’s avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier.

Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they’ve totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride. The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with four hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can’t avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship…

Will they make it to the wedding on time? And, more importantly… is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan?

The No Show
O' Leary's fourth book, The No-Show is due to be published on the 12th April 2022.

External Links and Bibliography
[https://www.betholearyauthor.com/ Beth O’Leary (2022) About Beth. Available at: https://www.betholearyauthor.com/about (Accessed:07/02/22).]

Darley Anderson Agency (2022) Authors- Beth O’Leary Available at: https://www.darleyanderson.com/authors/beth-o-leary (Accessed:07/02/22).

Goodreads (2022) Beth O’Leary Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13038484.Beth_O_Leary (Accessed:08/02/22).

Sue Leonard (2019) Beth O’Leary Available at: https://www.suejleonard.com/articles/beginners-pluck/beth-oleary/ (Accessed:08/02/22).

Waterstones (2022) The No-Show Available at: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-no-show/beth-oleary/9781529424737/ (Accessed:08/02/22).