Author

Phillipa Ashley

25 books, mostly contemporary fiction, for Avon and Penguin, 2017–2026

Phillipa Ashley studied English at Oxford University and worked as a copywriter and journalist before publishing her debut novel, Decent Exposure, later reissued as A Dreamy Summer on the Lake. The novel was adapted into the Lifetime television film Twelve Men of Christmas. She has since become a Sunday Times bestselling author of more than 30 uplifting, escapist romantic novels, writing at least two books a year; she also writes the Oxford Blue series as Pippa Croft and The Love Solution as Ashley Croft.