Ali Mercer

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Writer, living where the rivers meet, in the countryside in Abingdon, #Oxfordshire, UK. I'm the author of eight novels, most recently published by Bookouture. My next novel will be out in summer 2026. I have two children. My son, T (for short, on here), is #autistic and has a #learningdisabiity.
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Ali MercerFeb 24
Very excited to have a new Oxford-set timeslip #novel coming out in summer 2026! This is the first in a new two-book deal with my publishers Bookouture. Here's the book deal announcement: https://bookouture.com/bookouture-acquires-more-novels-from-alexander-mercer-and-o-shea/ Cover design and more to follow! #fiction #author
Bookouture acquires more novels from authors Alexander, Mercer and O'Shea

Bookouture is thrilled to announce the acquisition of gorgeous women's fiction novels from authors Rose Alexander, Ali Mercer and Daisy O'Shea.

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Ali MercerDec 16, 2023
Muddy walk therapy! My son has been off school sick for a while so it was good to get out and get some fresh air. The Thames at Abingdon was looking high... definitely welly weather. Always good to walk by water. I love the sound of the river rushing through the weir at Abingdon Lock.

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Ali MercerDec 11, 2023
‘the lapsing, unsoilable, whispering sea’… which is the last line of an Oliver St John Gogarty poem in The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century Verse, an anthology that my aunt gave me for my 16th birthday (cover tattered now.) Anyway, it came back to me on the beach in Kent with my son at the weekend.
#sea #coast #poem #seaside #shore #poetry #writer #author #beach
Ali MercerOct 4, 2023
hello! have been quiet on here and elsewhere lately, but anyway, here to say that my latest #book is 99p in the #Kindle daily deal today, if that sounds like anyone's cup of tea - here's where you can get it: https://geni.us/B0BQ7P48B1social - it starts with single mum Callie rushing to pick up son Billy from school - but she doesn't make it - who will take care of him if she can't? Family drama mystery with settings inspired by my hometown of #Abingdon near #Oxford... #bookstodon #fiction
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Ali MercerApr 8, 2023
#view of #Oxford High Street from the top of a double decker bus on Thursday… about ten minutes later there was an intense hailstorm, the pavements were carpeted with white seeds of ice and the flooded fields were pockmarked with circular ripples…
Ali MercerApr 5, 2023

me #editing! (If my hair looks a bit less than perfectly soigne, it's cos editing involves a certain amount of tearing your hair out, or at least fiddling with it while you ponder.)

V pleased my latest #novel #AChildsGoodbye is in the Amazon UK #Kindle top 100 this morning. It's just 99p/99c at the mo: https://geni.us/B0BQ7P48B1social and is a big lush #weepie emotional drama #story of love and family and secrets - made my #editor cry! #book #bookstodon #fiction #writer #writerslife #author #alimercer

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Ali MercerMar 29, 2023

It was #publication day for my eighth #novel #AChildsGoodbye yesterday and look! I matched my cardigan to my #book cover! (Semi-intentionally.) The plant was a #publicationday gift from my #publishers #Bookouture. The card with my #bookcover on was from my OH. Pic taken by my daughter!
Here's A Child's Goodbye on Amazon (out now in #Kindle, #Audible #audiobook and #paperback): https://geni.us/B0BQ7P48B1social

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Ali MercerMar 26, 2023
went to the #seaside yesterday! Flying visit to see family in Kent. Was reminded of a #quote from a #poem, (it's by Oliver St John Gogarty), 'the lapsing, unsoilable, whispering sea'
#sea #beach #writer #writersofmastodon
Ali MercerMar 23, 2023
One of my favourite parts of being a #writer - holding a new #book for the first time! (Along with typing The End at the end of a first draft and hearing from #readers that my #books have touched them in some way.) My new #novel #AChildsGoodbye is out in #Kindle, #Audible #audiobook and #paperback on 28 March, and it's here on Amazon https://geni.us/B0BQ7P48B1cover if you'd like to preorder - you can also order the paperback from all good bookshops. #bookstodon #fiction #reading #author #alimercer
A Child's Goodbye: An absolutely gripping and emotional page-turner (English Edition) eBook : Mercer, Ali: Amazon.de: Kindle-Shop

A Child's Goodbye: An absolutely gripping and emotional page-turner (English Edition) eBook : Mercer, Ali: Amazon.de: Kindle-Shop

Ali MercerFeb 21, 2023

big moment for me - my new #novel #AChildsGoodbye, out from #Bookouture on March 28, is now on #NetGalley! http://netgal.ly/rBsJMc

It's a strange (and wonderful) feeling to have something that's been sitting in notebooks and on my computer, suddenly out there being read. (It's also nerve-racking waiting for early #reviews! Though one of the most brilliant and startling things about being a #writer is when you hear from #readers that they've enjoyed your #book.)

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A Child's Goodbye

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