About the Author

Rachel Marks studied English at Exeter University before becoming a primary school teacher. Despite always loving to write, it wasn't until she gained a place on the 2016 Curtis Brown Creative online novel writing course that she started to believe it could be anything more than a much-loved hobby. She lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and their three children. Hello Stranger is her third novel.

Reviews

Clever, poignant, and satisfying
*Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde*

Oh boy did I love Hello, Stranger, a moving and surprising love story
*Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wrong Place, Wrong TIme*

Poignant, profound and yet written with a light touch - Marks has done it again. The story engages from the off . . . This is a heartbreaking and heart-warming story
*Woman*

An eminently real and relatable love story about the tussle between head, heart and the costs of holding on to your own truth. Rachel Marks has perfectly captured the pleasure, pain and poignancy of being human - Lucy and Jamie had me at Hello...
*Julietta Henderson, author of Richard and Judy pick The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman*

Heart-warming . . . Lovely and thought-provoking
*Hello!*

A book to cancel plans for - we're still not over the ending
*Closer*

A heartbreaking and heartwarming read that deals sensitively with difficult issues
*Woman's Weekly*

A modern love story that's heartbreakingly tender & poignant. It kept me guessing & hoping until the last page. A fabulous read
*Sophie Claire, author of A Winter’s Dream*

Praise for Rachel Marks
*:*

Wise and wonderful. I adored it
*Miranda Dickinson, Sunday Times bestselling author*

Rachel Marks packs a novel with all the emotions - hope, fear, love, despair and - ultimately - joy
*Clare Pooley, bestselling author of The Authenticity Project*

Heartbreaking, heartwarming, perfect
*Rosie Goodwin, Sunday Times bestselling author*

Heartbreaking and hopeful; this book is a keeper
*Woman's Weekly*

Unpredictable and satisfying
*Heidi Swain, Sunday Times bestselling author*

Beautifully uplifting and at times unexpected
*OK!*

As tender and emotional as it is funny, it made me laugh out loud A LOT, and it made me sob
*Cressida McLaughlin, bestselling author of The Cornish Cream Tea Bus*

Heartbreaking, funny and emotive
*Sun*