Letters from Lockdown
Alison Pindar (n茅e Mercer) (1991, English), writing as Ali Mercer, is a contributor to Letters from Lockdown,聽a collection of more than 100 letters about people鈥檚 experiences of the coronavirus pandemic.
It will be published by Hachette Children鈥檚 Group in July with all publisher profits going to Barnardo鈥檚. It鈥檚 introduced by newsreader and presenter Natasha Kaplinsky, who is Barnardo鈥檚 president, and the idea for the book came from her children Arlo and Kika. The letter writers include a diverse range of members of the public and people who were on the frontline during the pandemic, including doctors, nurses and vaccinators, as well as household names.
Alison Pindar’s novel His Secret Family was number one on the UK Kindle and Bookstat ebook chart bestseller and was also a bestseller in Amazon UK鈥檚 most-sold fiction chart. She has also written My Mother鈥檚 Choice, published in July 2020, and Lost Daughter, published in May 2019. Her new novel will be published in May 2021.
Letters from Lockdown is now available to and you can find out more about it and the contributors . You can find out more about Alison Pindar’s writing on her .
Published: 21 May 2021