Libby Page is a Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling
author of six warm-hearted novels about community, connection, and the
quiet ways people save each other. She grew up in a small town in North
Dorset, England — an upbringing she has described as shaping her deep
interest in the pockets of belonging that people carve out for themselves
in ordinary life. She moved to London to study Fashion Journalism at The
London College of Fashion, where she quickly found that the city could feel
alienating as much as exciting — an experience she later explored in her
debut novel. After graduating, she worked as a journalist at The
Guardian and in marketing, writing all the while.
Even before her novels, Page was writing for reasons that mattered. At
sixteen she created an illustrated book called Love Pink to raise
money for Breast Cancer Care. Later, as a young professional navigating
London's unpaid internship culture, she became a vocal campaigner for fairer,
paid internships — speaking on television, protesting at London Fashion Week,
and eventually addressing parliament in support of the cause. That same
instinct to advocate — for community, for fairness, for the overlooked —
runs through all of her fiction.
Her debut novel,
The Lido
(published in the US as Mornings with Rosemary), was pre-empted
within twenty-four hours of submission for six figures in both the UK and
the US. Published in April 2018, it entered the Sunday Times
bestseller list within three days of publication, peaked at number four,
and stayed on the list for five consecutive weeks. It went on to be published
in more than twenty-five territories worldwide, won the WHSmith Thumping Good
Read Award, and became one of the defining novels of the "Up Lit" movement —
a term coined that same year to describe fiction that is genuinely uplifting
without being saccharine. The Observer called it "a joyful
celebration of community and friendship."
Five more novels have followed, each anchored in a specific place and the
lives of people trying to find their footing:
The 24-Hour Café
(2020), set over the course of a single day in a London café that never
closes;
The Island Home
(2021), a story of secrets and belonging set on a remote Scottish island;
The Vintage Shop of Second Chances
(2023), which follows a single yellow dress across continents and
generations; and
The Lifeline
(2024), a much-anticipated return to the world of The Lido, this
time exploring postpartum mental health with the warmth and honesty her
readers have come to expect.
Her sixth novel,
This Book Made Me Think of You
(2026), is her most explicitly bookish work yet — a story of a grieving
widow who discovers her late husband arranged twelve books for her, one for
each month of her first year without him, sending her on a series of
reading-inspired adventures around the world. An instant USA Today
bestseller, it was selected as a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick and received a
starred review from Kirkus, which called it "the perfect cozy read
for book lovers, sure to break and heal hearts." Alongside writing, Page is
a writing coach at The Novelry, where she mentors aspiring authors. She is
also an avid outdoor swimmer — a passion that flows unmistakably through
her work. She lives in Somerset with her husband and young son.
Born: May 13, 1992
Birthplace: North Dorset, England
