Natasha Preston

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Natasha Preston
Born
Natasha Vicki Preston

(1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 37)
King's Lynn, England [1]
Years active2010–present
Spouse
Joseph Green
​
(m. 2014)​
Children2
Website www.natashapreston.com

Natasha Vicki Preston (born 5 January 1988) is an English novelist. She is best known for her New York Times -bestselling young adult thrillers, including The Cellar (2014), The Cabin (2016), The Fear (2022), and The Haunting (2023). She also writes contemporary romance.

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Early life

Preston was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. She attended Methwold High School. [2] [3]

Career

Preston became interested in writing unexpectedly when she joined the writing website Wattpad in 2010, initially as a reader, under the username @natashapreston. [4] After working odd admin jobs, she self-published her first novel Silence, a romance, in 2012. [5] In 2013, Wattpad formed a partnership with Sourcebooks, through which Preston landed her first book deal with Sourcebooks Fire [6] to edit and commercially publish her 2010 young adult (YA) psychological thriller The Cellar in 2014. [7] [8] She then signed two further books with Sourcebook, [9] Awake in 2015 and The Cabin in 2016. [10] The Cellar and The Cabin both became New York Times bestsellers in the Young Adult category, with the former reaching #1 in E-sellers. [11] [12] [13] By 2016, sales for The Cellar had reached over 200 thousand. [14] The Lost and You Will Be Mine followed in 2018 and 2019. [15] [16]

In addition, Preston continued self-publishing contemporary romance novels. Broken Silence, the sequel to Silence became a Smashwords bestseller. [17] Further romances included Lie to Me (2018). [18]

Preston then moved to Delacorte Press for The Twin in 2020, [19] The Lake in 2021, [20] [21] and The Fear in 2022. The Lake was a Publishers Weekly children's paperback bestseller of 2021 with over 100 thousand units sold, [22] whileThe Fear became a New York Times bestseller in the Young Adult category [23] in addition to a Publishers Weekly bestseller of 2022. [24] The Island [25] and The Haunting followed in 2023. [26] [27]

Following the publication of The Dare, [28] [29] in September 2024, Preston signed a book deal with Hot Key Books (a Bonnier Books imprint). The deal included six previous titles The Haunting, The Twin, The Dare, The Lake, The Fear and The Island and three new titles, including The Party that year. [30] [31]

Personal life

Preston married Joseph Green in 2014. They live in Brandon and have two sons (born 2011 and 2016). [5] [10]

Bibliography

Thrillers

Romance

Silence

  • Silence (2012)
  • Broken Silence (2013)
  • Players, Bumps and Cocktail Sausages (2014)
    • Silent Night (2014, 3.5)

Chance

  • Second Chance (2014)
  • Our Chance (2015)

The One

  • Waking Up in Vegas (2020)
  • Just Like the Movies (2020)
  • Read My Mind (2020)

Standalones

  • Save Me (2014)
  • With the Band (2016)
  • Reliving Fate (2017)
  • Lie to Me (2018)
  • After the End (2018)
  • Villain (2023) (as Tasha Preston)

Shorts and collaborations

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