I’m Ali Bacon, author of contemporary and historical fiction, speaker at literary events and judge of short story competitions. Welcome to my website.
The Absent Heart
James Robertson (And the Land Lay Still, News of the Dead)
“Recreates a society full of stifled passions, hidden loves, brief joys and terrible griefs…”
Catherine Czerkawska (The Jewel, The Curiosity Cabinet)
“Stylish, vivid, lyrical”
Lesley Glaister (Blasted Things, A Particular Man, Little Egypt)
“A subtle and spirited blend of research and imagination”
Jeremy Hodges, biographer of Robert Louis Stevenson
“Reveals the emotional truth of a long and deep relationship in a way no biography can”
A monthly newsletter: Beyond the Book
The Absent Heart: Beyond the Book, comprises notes on the historical characters, background to the novel and bonus materials. You can also keep me company on my steps to publication and beyond with Linen Press. I hope you’ll join me!
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Praise for In the Blink of an Eye
“This is a wonderful book: well researched, beautifully written, original in execution and often deeply moving.”
Catherine Czerkawska, author of The Jewel
“… the novel brings texture and colour to a story that had only been known in black and white.”
Roger Watson, former Curator of the Fox Talbot Museum, world authority on early photography
“That moment of dawning self-consciousness, so delicately rendered, yet so resonant … just knocked my socks off”
Nick Bellorini, photography publisher and judge of Magic Oxygen Prize 2017 (Chapter 6, Silver Harvest)
“Written with insight and passion. I couldn’t put it down” Rob Douglas, 21st Century Calotypist http://papershadowsandlight.com
Ali Bacon, Author 