Welcome to Susanna Bavin's Website.

I am a saga writer living on the beautiful North Wales coast, but I am originally from Manchester, which is where my books are set.   I am represented by Camilla Shestopal of Shesto Literary.   I also write as Polly Heron and as Maisie Thomas. I am on Facebook as Maisie.

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Latest News:   I'm delighted to tell you that The Red Cross Girls entered the Top 100 in the saga chart at number 17!     * * * *   I hope you love the cover of book 1 in my new Susanna Bavin WW2 saga series, The Red Cross Girls.       At present only the Kindle edition can be pre-ordered. Click here for the Kindle link.   * * * *   My other big news, of course, is that the cover of Changing Times at Calico House is also out in the world. Isn't it gorgeous?       Publication day is September 8th. Here is the pre-publication link for Kindle. (At present, that's the only pre-pub link available, but the book, of course, be available in all formats.)   * * * *   If you are with Amazon Prime, you may like to know that book 1 in the Dunbar's Hotel series, A New Home at the Wartime Hotel, is now included in the fiction available to Prime users.   * * * * h If you a KU reader, you may also like to know that The Deserter's Daughter, as well as all of my Surplus Girls books written as Polly Heron - The Surplus Girls, The Surplus Girls' Orphans, Christmas with the Surplus Girls and New Beginnings for the Surplus Girls - are also available on Kindle Unlimited. Here is the Surplus Girls page link, which includes KU.h   * * * *   If you would like to sign up to my Maisie Thomas newsletter, please click here to subscribe.   * * * *

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Writing as Polly Heron.

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As Polly Heron, I write The Surplus Girls 1920s saga series about young women striving for independence after the Great War.As Polly Heron, I write The Surplus Girls 1920s saga series about young women striving for independence after the Great W

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Surplus girls were that generation of young woman who, because of the loss of life on the battlefields of the First World War, missed out on the opportunity to marry - which was, of course, seen as the purpose of a woman's life at that time. Instead, they suddenly found themselves in the position of having to support themselves for a lifetime, and without the necessary education and training behind them.

The four Surplus Girls novels in order are:

The Surplus Girls

The Surplus Girls' Orphans

Christmas with the Surplus Girls

New Beginnings for the Surplus Girls 

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Writing as Maisie Thomas

As Maisie Thomas I write The Railway Girls saga series about the brave women and girls working on Britain's railways during the Second World War from early in 1940 until D Day in June 1944.

I also write the Wartime Hotel series.

Here is the link to my Maisie page on Amazon.

The Railway Girls in order are:

1. The Railway Girls

2. Secrets of the Railway Girls

3. The Railway Girls in Love

4. Christmas with the Railway Girls

5. Hope for the Railway Girls

6. A Christmas Miracle for the Railway Girls

7. Courage of the Railway Girls

8. Christmas Wishes for the Railway Girls

9. Springtime with the Railway Girls

To read the blurbs and see the bookcovers, please click on the Railway Girls Series tab over on the left.h

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Finding me online:

Here are my Amazon author pages for me writing as Susanna and as Polly and Maisie.   

And here is my Twitter link for Susanna - and here are Polly's and Maisie's.

And you can find me on Facebook on my Maisie Thomas author page for the latest information about all my books - Susanna's and Polly's as well as Maisie's. I also share snippets I've found in my research as well as other things I hope my readers will enjoy. As a community, every weekend we share what we're currently reading. We're a friendly lot, so do join us!

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A Selection of Popular Blogse take a look at my latest blog to find ways to order Springtime with the Railw

Have you ever wondered about all the work done on the Home Front to keep people safe? In an earlier blog, I take a look at the work of the ARP - Air Raid Precautions. You may not realise the large number of different and very important jobs this covered. I hope you'll enjoy my blog on the subject.

In this blog I explain something of the planning process that lay behind The Surplus Girls series; and also take a close look at Belinda, the heroine of book 1. Click here to see the blog. 

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