Louise Charles writes fiction, in the short and long form. She has had short stories published in Peoples Friend, My Weekly, Anthologies and several on-line ezines and fiction sites. She is now dedicating her pen, ink and paper to her novels, four of which are in varying states of completion. Louise published her début novel, 'The Duke's Shadow' on 1st March 2014 and it has since been shortlisted for the Writers' Village International Novel Award, summer 2014.