Annabel Abbs

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Annabel Abbs is a multi-award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction,published internationally in 30 languages. Her second novel, Frieda: TheOriginal Lady Chatterley, was a Times Book of the Month and was laternamed a Times Book of the Year in 2018.Annabel’s first foray into narrative non-fiction, Windswept: Why WomenWalk, was published in June 2021. It tells the extraordinary stories ofeight women who walked long distances in wild and often remote places asthey sought their own voices. They include Simone de Beauvoir, NanShepherd, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gwen John and Daphne du Maurier.Annabel’s 52 Ways to Walk, published under the name Annabel Streets,explores the lesser-known science behind the simple act of walking. Herlatest book, The Walking Cure, examines 20 landscapes and the ways inwhich they influence us – psychologically, emotionally, cognitively andbiologically.Annabel grew up in Wales and Sussex. The daughter of the academic andpoet Peter Abbs, she lives with her family in London and Sussex and is aFellow of the Brown Foundation.