Anna Pasternak
Literary Agent: Eugenie Furniss
Anna Pasternak’s The American Duchess, the Real Wallis Simpson, published in February 2020 in paperback - described by the Times as "unputdownable" – and chosen as their Book of the Week was selected for consideration for the 2020 Wolfson History Prize. Following the critical acclaim of her previous book, Lara; The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago, Anna decided to dedicate her career to rehabilitating women whom history has mistreated. Lara is currently in film production.
Aged 26, Anna wrote the international bestseller, Princess in Love, which sold over half a million copies. This was made into a CBS movie of the week. She spent the next twenty years contributing to every British national newspaper, which included 5 year contracts with the Daily Mail and Sunday Times. She currently writes for the Daily Telegraph, the Independent, Tatler and Conde Nast Traveller.
She is a regular royal contributor featuring on television, radio and podcasts. In 2021, she spoke against the motion to abolish the British monarchy at The Oxford Union. She is on the Writers Advisory Council of the Free Speech Union.
(Photo credit - Rii Schroer)
