Rebecca Shaw (author)


Rebecca Shaw was the Sunday Times bestselling author of 27 novels published by Orion Publishing Group. She sold more than one million copies. Her books came in two series, Barleybridge and Turnham Malpas, and revolved around the loves and lives of countryside dwellers. She also published three standalone eBooks.

Life and career

Shaw grew up in Armley, Leeds, and attended the progressive independent co-educational . She became a school teacher and worked with deaf children. She lived with her husband in a Dorset village where she found inspiration for her stories about rural life.
In an interview with Shaw in the Sunday Telegraph, Rebecca Tyrell said Shaw was 'a very gifted storyteller and that is quite an art.'
A review in The Telegraph for '' described her style as 'The Archers meet Midsomer Murders'.
Shaw wrote 19 books based in the fictional village of Turnham Malpas:
  1. The New Rector
  2. Talk of the Village
  3. Village Matters
  4. The Village Show
  5. Village Secrets
  6. Scandal in the Village
  7. Village Gossip
  8. Trouble in the Village
  9. A Village Dilemma
  10. Intrigue in the Village
  11. Whispers in the Village
  12. A Village Feud
  13. The Village Green Affair
  14. The Village Newcomers
  15. A Village Deception
  16. A Village in Jeopardy
  17. Village Fortunes
  18. Village Rumours
  19. Mystery in the Village
She wrote 6 books based in the fictional village of Barleybridge:
  1. A Country Affair
  2. Country Wives
  3. Country Lovers
  4. Country Passions
  5. One Hot Country Summer
  6. Love in the Country
Shaw's three eBooks:
  1. The House at Spinnaker Cove
  2. Curtain Up
  3. The Love of a Family
Shaw died in 2015 after a major stroke. She was survived for two years by her husband, who subsequently died on 25th December 2017, and her four children.