Hannah Dolby

Hannah’s first job was in the circus and she has aimed to keep life as interesting since. She trained as a journalist in Hastings and has worked in PR for many years, promoting museums, galleries, palaces, gardens and even Dolly the sheep.


She completed the Curtis Brown selective three-month novel writing course, and she won joint second prize in the Comedy Women in Print Awards for her first novel, No Life for A Lady, published in 2023.


Hannah is from Edinburgh and now lives in London. How to Solve Murders Like a Lady was published by Head of Zeus in June 2024.

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Books by Hannah Dolby

  • No Life For A Lady (Head of Zeus)