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MIRANDA is the author of ten books, including six Sunday Times bestsellers. Her books have been translated into seven languages and have made the bestseller charts in four countries. She has been shortlisted twice for the RNA awards (for Novel of the Year in 2010 with Fairytale of New York and again in 2012 for Contemporary Novel of the Year for It Started With a Kiss). She has now sold over a million copies of her books worldwide.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Searching for a Silver Lining
A Parcel for Anna Browne
I’ll Take New York
Take a Look at Me Now
When I Fall in Love
It Started With a Kiss
Welcome to My World
Fairytale of New York
The Day We Meet Again
Miranda Dickinson
ONE PLACE. MANY STORIES
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For Bob and Flo –
my two curly-headed serendipities and proof that
life is endlessly surprising. I love you to the moon
and back and twice around the stars xx
‘Take chances, make mistakes.
That’s how you grow.’
Mary Tyler Moore
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