Being a published writer has been Natalie Meg Evans’ goal from an early age. Having achieved her dream, she extracts maximum fun from it by writing the kind of books she has always loved reading. Plotty and immersive, her novels go behind-the-scenes of glamorous worlds, be that haute couture, millinery or the theatre. Her professional experience includes public relations, freelance copywriting and being a bookkeeper. She has also done stints as a bar-person, encyclopaedia saleswoman and cleaner. Mother to one son and currently guardian to two rescued Labradors, Natalie lives in rural north Suffolk, England’s easternmost county. In 2012, Natalie won the prestigious Harry Bowling Prize and was a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart finalist. She was longlisted in the Mslexia new women novelists competition, and shortlisted for a Daphne du Maurier award for romantic suspense. The Dress Thief won the readers award for the best historical novel at the Festival of Romance in 2014 and is up for a Romance Writers of America RITA. The novel won the 'best foreign book' category in the 2105 Greek Public World book awards, voted for by readers.