Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Lovely that THE ART OF A LIE is featured in the Telegraph's best books of 2025 💚

Two pigeons on a London street, pecking at crumbs. Pigeon 1: "I'm sorry you missed out on the Booker prize. I thought your novel was wonderful." Pigeon 2: "It’s a stitch up! They always give it to a human!" Pigeon 1: "It’s nice they considered it." Pigeon 2: "Nobody cares about the longlist, Janet!" Pigeon 2 again: "Zadie Smith had a bestselling novel and an armload of literary prizes before she was 25*." Pigeon 1: "You’ve got to stop comparing yourself to Zadie Smith" Pigeon 2: "Why?" Pigeon 1: "We’ve all got to find our own path through the world. Plus, it’s much harder to type with claws." pigeon 2: "That’s true." They both go back to pecking. Pigeon 2: "I’m glad you liked my book." *Pigeon 2 is 3 years, 11 months and 22 days old, the equivalent of 42 in human years. https://pigeonpedia.com/pigeon-years-to-human-years-calculator/

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.

Lovely that THE ART OF A LIE is featured in the Telegraph's best books of 2025 💚

Just ordered for my dad who I'm sure will love it x

Looks like she died by falling into a giant Viennetta.

Us too! Just brilliant

esquire article with headline “why does gen z love rumours so much?”

every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours

British license plate reads SY51FUS.

Seems like this car's been on this hill forever.

Imagine if you met someone irl who kept talking like people do on here, throwing under the bus, kept the receipts, lives rent-free etc, you'd quite rightly punch them in the face

It was probably that Benedict Cumberbatch

You don't get this level of excitement in my local Tesco.

I hope you enjoy it!

Aw thank you Andrew 💚

Lovely to see THE ART OF A LIE featured on @waterstones.bsky.social Best Books of 2025 list 💚

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Sunday nights have been shit ever since Lovejoy stopped.

Oh wow, that's wonderful to know. Thank you Linda!

YouTube video by Eric Karl Anderson Immersive Historical Fiction

I love that readers are seeking out the paintings I wrote into the Two Roberts. It gives me joy! This video is a lovely review and includes a spontaneous field trip to the National Gallery to see some Sunflowers....the very ones Bobby and Robert fall in love with www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HQ8...

atlantic article screenshot headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight by yasmin tayag

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

That's so lovely of you to say so, James! So glad you enjoyed the books

I finished reading Art of the Lie this morning. I am stunned, as I was repeatedly throughout the book. Completely drained. No shocked gasps left in me. Thank you-an amazing book. I’m sure I’ll recover soon.

Ha! This is lovely to know Linda. Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me 💚

The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Etching of a pineapple with gold text on a green background.

I’ve been looking forward to reading @laurasrobinson.bsky.social’s The Art of a Lie and the twists and turns don’t stop; in fact, they just come hurtling at you like being mown down by a horse drawn carriage running pell mell.

Astonishing story and research so far!

A must read🍍

So glad you are enjoying it Jordan!

Thank you so much Naomi!

V late to this (it’s a weekend, family stuff, etc) but..I agree with Ben. Both Katie Lam’s interview about deporting people with legal status (and the way STimes treated it) & the Christian Calgie business are disturbing egs of forgetting that ‘normal on X these days’ is very much not normal

The brighter side of social media. And yes, it's hard to believe, but that was five years ago.

THE WITCHING HOUR is out today with @littlebrownbooks.bsky.social 🕰️📖

In this collection of original haunted tales, thirteen bestselling authors, including @laurasrobinson.bsky.social, bring the old superstition of the witching hour to new and vivid life.

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Oh I love this George!

Bargain alert! Preorder THE ART OF A LIE paperback now!!!

Hope you enjoy it Naomi!