About
Short Bio: Heather Marshall is the bestselling author of Looking for Jane, The Secret History of Audrey James, and Liberty Street. She lives near Toronto with her family and their giant golden retriever. Heather worked in politics and communications before finally turning her attention to her true passion: storytelling.
Extended Bio: Heather Marshall is the bestselling author of Looking for Jane, The Secret History of Audrey James, and Liberty Street. She lives near Toronto with her family and their giant golden retriever. Heather worked in politics and communications before finally turning her attention to her true passion: storytelling. Her debut novel Looking for Jane was an instant #1 bestseller and dominated the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail bestseller charts for half a year, including 5 weeks at #1.
Selected as one of Indigo’s Top 10 Best Books of 2022, the Globe and Mail‘s Top 100 Books of 2022, and CBC’s Best Canadian Fiction of 2022, Looking for Jane was also chosen as STYLE Canada’s Book of the Month, a CityLine Book Club pick, an Indie Next pick, and was a finalist for the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards in both the debut and historical fiction categories. It has been published in 17 languages in 21 territories around the world, and was optioned for development into a television series. It continues to appear on the bestseller list 4 years after its initial release.
Heather’s second novel, The Secret History of Audrey James, also debuted as an instant #1 bestseller in Canada, was one of Indigo’s Best Books of 2024, and spent more than two months on the charts. It has been translated into multiple languages.
Her third novel, Liberty Street, was also an instant #1 bestseller in Canada, spent more than six months on the charts, and was one of Indigo’s Best Books of 2026.
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Publicity Contacts
Media/publicity/appearances (Canada):
Natasha Tsakiris – Doubleday Canada | NTsakiris [at] PenguinRandomHouse [dot] com
Media/publicity/appearances (US):
Melissa Folds – Ballantine Books | MFolds [at] PenguinRandomHouse [dot] com