Anthony Tapper and Malikah Semakula welcomed me into their apartment in Östermalm and generously answered a hundred questions about Östermalm Man and Stockholm life.
Carol Dahlén-Fräjdin, Victor, Lisa and Johan Fräjdin gave me a delicious lunch and kindly illuminated the Swedish education system in interesting and relatable detail.
Nat and Eugene Powell offered entertaining and valuable insight into moving to Sweden and learning Swedish.
Anna Rambëck gave us a lovely evening chatting about Stockholm in the Ice Bar and then over Swedish meatballs.
Back in the UK, my niece Véronique Moorcroft, who you might know under her pen names of Ella Allbright and Nikki Moore, provided essential HR information and advice.
Nurses David and Julia Roberts shared their knowledge of the recovery timeline of an elderly lady with a broken arm.
Anne Dicks helped me with rural retail outlets and their signage.
Andrea Crellin never seems to mind me turning an evening out into a research trip and answered questions on primary schools in England.
Helen Cook responded to my Facebook plea for insight into fostering and social workers. Facebook and Twitter friends were also helpful on the likes and dislikes of eight-year-old girls, VW camper vans and campsites at Christmas.
As with all my recent books, my brother Trevor Moorcroft undertook significant amounts of early research on most subjects that arise in Christmas Wishes. He also heroically reread all my Middledip books to create spreadsheets of characters and places and in which novels they appear. We call these The Middledip Bibles. (If you’d like to know more about Middledip, go to www.suemoorcroft.com>Writing>Middledip Books and Map.)
Mark West was a first reader of Christmas Wishes and made helpful suggestions in his ever-entertaining style. My thanks to him and also to the other members of Team Sue Moorcroft, not only for their fabulous support but for suggesting character and place names.
Rosemarie Jarvis told me an anecdote that sparked off Christmas Wishes.
The Peterborough Pirates were a real ice hockey team. I hope they’ll forgive me for giving them a fictitious coach and an equally fictitious junior team.
In the run-up to publication of Christmas Wishes my publisher Avon (HarperCollins) was awarded Imprint of the Year at the British Book Awards and I won the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award. A winning team! Every day I appreciate what we achieve together.
Without the expertise and support of my wonderful agent Juliet Pickering and all at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency my career would not and could not be what it is. They are awesome.
Most of all thank you. Thank you for reading my books, posting lovely reviews, sending nice messages on social media and turning up at events. Being an author is the best job ever.
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About the Author
Sue Moorcroft writes contemporary fiction of life and love. A Summer to Remember won the Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award. The Little Village Christmas and A Christmas Gift were Sunday Times bestsellers and The Christmas Promise went to #1 in the Kindle chart. She also writes short stories, serials, articles, columns, courses and writing ‘how to’.
An army child, Sue was born in Germany then lived in Cyprus, Malta and the UK and still loves to travel. Her other loves include writing (the best job in the world), reading, watching Formula 1 on TV and hanging out with friends, dancing, yoga, wine and chocolate.
If you’re interested in being part of #TeamSueMoorcroft you can find more information at www.suemoorcroft.com/street-team. If you prefer to sign up to receive news of Sue and her books, go to www.suemoorcroft.com and click on ‘Newsletter’. You can follow @SueMoorcroft on Twitter, @SueMoorcroftAuthor on Instagram, or Facebook.com/sue.moorcroft.3 and Facebook.com/SueMoorcroftAuthor.
By the same author:
The Christmas Promise
Just For the Holidays
The Little Village Christmas
One Summer in Italy
A Christmas Gift
A Summer to Remember
Let it Snow
Summer on a Sunny Island
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