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Author of five novels including the international bestseller, One Moment, One Morning, and non-fiction books Making Friends with Anxiety and Making Friends with the Menopause. I'm a full-time author based in Brighton with over 500,000 book sales worldwide, and I’m currently working on my sixth novel.
Nuances
My natural writing style is easy-to-read and friendly with touches of humour. I have 25 years experience as an advertising copywriter, which means I have strong research and selling skills that comes across in my non-fiction books. I help authors with their projects and run regular Creative Writing workshops in my home with fellow author Bridget Whelan.
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Creative writing
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Published Books
Testimonials
The Times Literary Supplement
The Sunday Times
“Rayner is a swift, efficient plotter, nudging her characters towards the light of congruence and self-reliance. Her Brighton is carefully and affectionately mapped, and her account of the gruelling rituals a death involves is deftly done.’”
“‘In evoking ordinary lives invaded by a deep, primitive yearning, Rayner’s portrayal of her characters’ interior landscapes is carefully crafted and empathetic… She tackles the cruelties of the situation head on.’”
Novel Blurbs
One Moment, One Morning by Sarah Rayner
The Brighton to London line. The 07:44 train. Carriages packed with commuters. One woman occupies her time observing the people around her. Opposite, a girl puts on her make-up. Across the aisle, a husband strokes his wife’s hand. Further along, another woman flicks through a glossy magazine. Then, abruptly, everything changes. A man collapses, the train is stopped, an ambulance called. And for three passengers that particular morning, life will never be the same again.
The Two Week Wait by Sarah Rayner
After a health scare, Brighton-based Lou is forced to confront the fact that her time to have a baby is running out. She can’t imagine a future without children, but it seems her partner doesn’t feel the same way, and she’s not sure whether she could go it alone.
Meanwhile, up in Yorkshire, Cath is longing to start a family with her husband, Rich. No one would be happier to have a child than Rich, but Cath is infertile..
Another Night, Another Day by Sarah Rayner
Three people, each crying out for help There’s Karen, about to lose her father; Abby, whose son has autism and needs constant care, and Michael, a family man on the verge of bankruptcy. As each sinks under the strain, they’re brought together at Moreland’s Psychiatric Clinic.
Here, behind closed doors, they reveal their deepest secrets, confront and console one another and share plenty of laughs. But how will they cope when a new crisis strikes?.
Making Friends With Anxiety by Sarah Rayner
Drawing on her own experience of anxiety disorder and recovery, Sarah Rayner shares her insights into this extremely common and often distressing condition with compassion and humour. She reveals the seven elements that commonly contribute to anxiety including adrenaline, negative thinking and fear of the future, and explains what causes worry and panic to become such a problem for many of us. Illustrated by examples and photographs from the author’s own life and backed by an online support group, since its launch in 2014 this companion to mental good health has helped thousands of sufferers across the world. Now it’s been updated for 2017 to include more insights from the author, and dozens of bite-size suggestions from readers and group members who share what’s worked for them..
Making Friends With Menopause by Sarah Rayner
Many women consider the menopause anything but a friend, yet in this clear and comforting guide, Sarah Rayner and her co-author, Dr Patrick Fitzgerald, explain that rather than fighting the changes women go through, understanding the experience can help us feel a whole heap better.
Written with warmth and humour, Making Friends with the Menopause examines why stopping menstruating has such profound hormonal shifts in the body, leading us to react in a myriad of ways physically and mentally. It gives practical advice on hot flushes and night sweats, anxiety and mood swings, muscular aches and loss of libido, early onset menopause, hysterectomy and more, plus an overview of each stage of the process so you’ll know what to expect in the years before, during and after.
Making Friends With Depression by Sarah Rayner
If you’re suffering from depression or low mood, you can end up feeling very alone, desperately struggling to find a way through – but recovery is possible and, in Making Peace with Depression, bestselling authors – and friends – Sarah Rayner and Kate Harrison, together with GP Dr Patrick Fitzgerald show you how. They explain that hating or fighting the ‘black dog’ of depression can actually prolong your suffering, whereas ‘making friends’ with your darker emotions by compassionately accepting these feelings can restore health and happiness. Sarah and Kate write with candour, compassion and humour about lifting low mood and easing symptoms because they’ve both experienced – and recovered from – depression themselves, while GP Dr Patrick Fitzgerald draws on his clinical understanding to offer practical advice on treatment options and finding support.
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