A Resolute Beginning
One of the greatest writers and poets of recent times, Maya Angelou, had this to say about how it feels to be a writer.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
Around 4 million new titles are published in the UK each year. They range from traditionally published bestsellers to first-time self-published books. They all have one thing in common, namely their authors, who want as many people as possible to read their beautiful words.
In 2022, two experienced and multi-published authors came together to talk about a collaboration. They wanted to create a group of like-minded people who love words and are passionate about sharing them with the world. The group quickly grew to eleven members and the result is Resolute Books, a brand new enterprise which is being launched on 20th May.
Resolute authors publish across a wide spread of genres. Our members write contemporary fiction, crime, YA, historical fiction, humour, thrillers and devotionals. Any book published under the Resolute imprint will be well researched, meticulously edited and a guaranteed page-turner.
So who are we all? Please say hello to your Resolute authors:
Claire Dunn
Claire Dunn is an English novelist of award-winning historical fiction, mystery and suspense. Born in Lincolnshire, Claire spent her childhood moving from place to place with her Forces family, an experience which she believes helped fuel her imagination. It is as a child that she discovered a fascination for the past that led to an abiding interest in the Wars of the Roses and a lifetime of research. Following a degree in Medieval History she founded and ran a school for neurodiverse children and young people - students whom she describes as inspirational. Embarking on her writing career, she returned to her historical roots with Mortal Fire - the gold medal-winning first book in The Secret of the Journal series. She now lives and writes by the sea in Dorset with her family, assorted animals and over-worked coffee machine.
You can find Claire on Instagram at @claire.f.dunn, on Facebook at Claire Dunn and at her website: https://www.cfdunn.co.uk/
Paul Trembling
Paul Trembling has been making up stories for as long as he can remember and has no intention of kicking the habit. Over the years, he’s worked as a seaman, a missionary, a janitor, in administration and latterly as a Crime Scene Investigator. He’s the author of twelve novels and short story collections, a mixture of crime, fantasy, science fiction and children’s fiction. His new book, “Local Killer” is published with Resolute Books on 20th May.
You can find out more about Paul at his website: www.yearningblue.weebly.com, at @paul_trembling on Twitter and @Paul Trembling on Facebook.
Ruth Leigh
Ruth is a novelist and freelance writer, the author of the Isabella M Smugge series, contemporary humorous page-turners with heart. Ruth is also a freelance writer and blogs at ruthleighwrites.co.uk. She writes for a number of charities and small businesses as well as speaking at schools, giving talks around Suffolk and critiquing other writers’ manuscripts. Her new book, “A Great Deal of Ingenuity: A Collection of Pride and Prejudice Short Stories” is published with Resolute Books on 1st June.
You can find her on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter at @ruthleighwrites and at her website: www.ruthleighwrites.co.uk.
Sue Russell
Sue Russell is a prolific author with nine contemporary novels published under the name SL Russell. She and her husband divide their time between their house in Kent and a crumbling pile in Normandy which keeps them fit as they mow vast expanses of grass and attack nettles.
You can find Sue on Twitter at @SueLRussell, on Facebook as @Sue Russell and on her website at: www.slrussell.org.
Lindsay Rumbold
Lindsay is a book-loving engineer with experience in automotive, aerospace and defence engineering. Lindsay loves crime, mystery and thriller and is a big fan of the Discworld series. A keen baker and tea drinker, she is currently attempting to turn her black fingers into green ones, to the relief of the plants in her garden. She is publishing her debut novel, a Cold War thriller, with Resolute Books next year.
You can find Lindsay at @lins_rumbold on Instagram and Twitter and as @Lindsay Rumbold on Facebook.
Edward de Chazal
Edward de Chazal is an award-winning writer who spent many years travelling around the world as an English teacher and who now lives on the Dorset coast. Edward writes and delivers educational presentations, teaches critical thinking using his own 4-Colour Thinking model, teaches English language, writes educational material for English language students and has been a judge on the British Council awards panel for innovative English Language learning materials. He can be contacted at: edward@emdechazalconsulting.co.uk. His debut novel with Resolute Books is out this year.
Liz Carter
Liz Carter is an author, poet and editor. She has written “Catching Contentment”, “Treasure in Dark Places”, and “Valuable” (The Good Book Company, coming 1 June 2023). She is publishing her first non-fiction book, “Repression Ground”, a dystopian thriller, with Resolute Books this year.. She’s the poet in residence for Wellington in Shropshire, offers a freelance service proof reading, formatting and designing books, designs book covers and interiors for paperbacks and e-books, edits videos, designs and maintains websites, offers commercial copywriting and produces designs for social media.
She can be found on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok at @greatadventureliz and on Twitter at @LizCarterWriter. Her website is www.greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk.
Andrew Chamberlain
Andy is the Director of Development at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. At other points in his life, he has worked in sectors as diverse as banking, marketing and tech consultancy, as well as serving as a film extra and a pastor. He hosts the Creative Writer’s Toolbelt podcast, offering practical and accessible advice on the writing craft as well. He is the author of the Creative Writer’s Toolbelt Handbook, the Masters series of Christian thrillers and the sci-fi series The Centauri Sequence.
You can find Andy at @andrewjameschamberlain on Instagram, @Storycraftpress on Twitter and @Andrew Chamberlain on Facebook. His website is: https://andrewjchamberlain.com/.
Pen Wilcock
Pen has written over twenty books, including The Hawk and the Dove nine-volume fiction series. Over the years, she has been a Methodist minister, a school chaplain and a worker at a hospice. These days, she lives quietly on the south coast with her husband and is the mother of five grown up girls. She’s on Twitter @PenWilcock.
Russ Lucier
Russ is a personal development coach for youth at a children’s charity and spent 21 years in the US Air Force. His love of motorcycles led to an unexpected leg redesign, due to an accident, which has led him to rediscover his creativity through writing. He plans to publish his memoir with Resolute Books in 2023.
You can find Russ on Instagram at @rejoicing.bones, on Twitter at @rusty_lucier and on Facebook at @Russell Lucier.
Sarah Nicholson
Sarah is a Suffolk girl born and bred who moved to the northeast in her twenties, bringing up her family there. She has been blogging ever since she lost her husband in order to process her thoughts and emotions. Sarah loves writing flash fiction and is a double winner of the Retreat West Micro Fiction prize. She is planning to publish her memoir with Resolute Books in 2023.
Each one of the Resolute authors is passionate about writing and is looking forward to sharing their beautiful words with you.
Three of the members with website supremo Jason Smith at Ridley Hall last year while Resolute Books was in its very early stages of development
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