Hello and welcome to the website of author Elizabeth Woodcraft. Here you can find out about her latest publications, what she’s writing now and the events that are coming up in the next few weeks and months.
Latest!
Come and meet Elizabeth at the Authors Day Tuesday 3rd December 1pm to 3.45pm at the Galleywood Heritage Centre. Delicious cakes, a very good cup of tea, lots of great local authors – and books to buy. Just in time for Christmas!
Galleywood Heritage Centre, The Common (Off Margaretting Road)
Chelmsford, Essex CM2 8TR
A Christmas special! The Christmas Kiss and Other Stories, a collection of seasonal
stories to warm your heart.
Step back into the Sixties, when Christmas Eve was the most exciting night of the year and Christmas dinner meant roast chicken and the thrilling possibility of a silver sixpence in the Christmas pudding. Catch up with Marie and Johnny from A Sense of Occasion and Sandra and Linda from The Saturday Girls, go out on a call with a fireman on Christmas Eve, solve the riddle of a mysterious Christmas card, consider the effect of the Christmas gift of an exotic tie pin, and meet some new puppies. With the addition of some heart-stopping short, short stories – each of exactly 100 words.
The perfect book to curl up with on Christmas Eve. And ideal to slip into the Christmas stocking of someone special.
Buy it here
Cover information
Award-winning artist Christine Wilkinson designed the cover for The Christmas Kiss, as well as the covers of A Sense of Occasion, the short story Christmas at Schmidt’s, and the original cover for the Saturday Girls, when it was Beyond the Beehive. She was awarded the 2023 Burberry Prize of £20,000 for her entry in the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition. Congratulations and thanks to Chris for all the help she has given the books!
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Books by Elizabeth Woodcraft
Chelmsford in the Sixties – Motown, mods, minis and frothy coffee
The Girls from Greenway The Saturday Girls A Sense of Occasion
‘Her genuine love of the era shines through in this beautifully written saga which brims with the spirit of youth and is rich in period detail.’ Lancashire Post
‘If you were a teenager during the 1960s there is much here to savour. If not read it and discover just what you missed.’ Bill Greensmith ‘A Blues Life’.
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Award winning crime
Frankie Richmond stories – murder with a dash of Motown
‘Move over Rumpole’ The Times
‘…sharp, funny and fresh…’ The Washington Post
‘Doesn’t just portray the legal system accurately, but is sparklingly written, with believable dialogue and a lively plot.’ Marcel Berlins, the Guardian