Lucy Diamond is an English author of female lead fiction, whose real name is Sue Mongredien.
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Lucy Diamond is an English author of female lead fiction, whose real name is Sue Mongredien.
She grew up in Nottingham, and studied English Literature at Leeds University.
Mongredien now lives in Bath. [1]
Her first book, Any Way You Want Me, was published by Pan Macmillan in 2007. She has sold 907,678 print books in the UK for £4.2m, according to Nielsen BookScan. [2]
In 2011, her novel Sweet Temptations was shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance. [3]
In 2021, after 14 years with Pan MacMillan, Mongredien moved to Quercus. [4]
Mongredien has also authored several children's books, [5] including books in The Sleepover Club series, the Rainbow Magic series, the Oliver Moon series, and the Captain Cat series.
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