Maggie O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. Her novels include HAMNET (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), AFTER YOU'D GONE, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE (winner of the Costa Novel Award) and INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE. She has also written a memoir, I AM, I AM, I AM: Seventeen Brushes with Death. She lives in Edinburgh.

Books by Maggie O'Farrell

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell - Fiction, Historical Fiction

The author of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner HAMNET brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court.