Gill Horn is an English author of chick lit and historical best known for her debut novel The Hive. The book outlines the feuds and friendships in a group of women and was such a hit that Focus Features acquired film rights. Aside from writing, Horn also works as a journalist.

Feb 3, 2025 · Miss Austen hits our screens this week – a new BBC TV drama adapted from Gill Hornby's novel of the same name. It tells the story of Jane Austen's older sister, Cassandra (played by Keeley Hawes) who famously destroyed the private letters of her literary sister, following her death. To mark the ...

Jan 1, 2016 · Gill Hornby is the author of Miss Austen (3.76 avg rating, 8422 ratings, 1401 reviews, published 2020), Godmersham Park (3.68 avg rating, 6286 ratings, 7...

Based on Gill Hornby’s best-selling novel, this period drama brings a fresh and intimate perspective to the Austen sisters’ lives — their joys, heartaches, and the passions that would shape ...

Jan 3, 2020 · When it came to finding inspiration for her third novel, Miss Austen, Gill Hornby didn’t have to look far. The younger sister of best-selling novelist Nick Hornby and wife of (best-selling...

Jan 23, 2020 · With extraordinary empathy, emotional complexity, and wit, Gill Hornby finally gives Cassandra her due, bringing to life a woman as captivating as any Austen heroine.

Gill Hornby is the author of the novels The Hive and All Together Now, as well as The Story of Jane Austen, a biography of Austen for young readers. Her subsequent novels, Miss Austen and Godmersham Park, were Sunday Times bestsellers, and Miss Austen will be a four-part BBC adaptation starring Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen.

Gill Hornby is the author of the novels The Hive and All Together Now, as well as The Story of Jane Austen, a biography of Austen for young readers. She lives in Kintbury, England, with her husband and their four children.

Gill Hornby is the author of the novels The Hive and All Together Now, as well as The Story of Jane Austen, a biography of Austen for young readers. She lives in Kintbury, Berkshire, with her husband and their four children.

It’s Adapted from Gill Hornby’s Bestseller Flatiron Books, 2020. Hornby’s Miss Austen (2020) spent eight weeks on the UK bestseller list following its release.