Liz Hurley
Liz Hurley is an author and publisher based in Mevagissey, Cornwall. She founded Mudlark's Press in 2016 to publish walking guides, and runs Hurley Books — a bookshop a few yards from the sea — with her husband Stephen.
She now writes across four series under three names.
A note for anyone who arrived here by accident: this is Liz Hurley the Cornish author and bookseller. She is not Elizabeth Hurley, the actress and model. Different person entirely, no relation.
The Hiverton Sisters
Five sisters, five stories, one life-changing inheritance. Uplifting women's fiction with proper plots underneath the warmth — inheritances, fashion houses, film shoots, family arguments that have been brewing for decades.
A New Life for Ariana Byrne was a finalist in the Romantic Novelists' Association Debut Romantic Novel award.
- A New Life for Ariana Byrne
- Cornish Dreams at Cockleshell Cottage
- High Heels in the Highlands
- From Ireland with Love
- Aster Victorious
Each sister gets her own book, so they work in any order — but they're written to run in the sequence above. The whole set is available as a box set, signed or unsigned.
The series was originally published by Hera Books and has since returned to Mudlark's Press.
Cornish Walks
Eight guidebooks to Cornwall on foot and by bike, written by someone who has walked every route in them. Detailed directions, the history behind what you're looking at, photography, and honest notes on where to get a decent pasty afterwards.
Shortlisted for the Holyer an Gof Publishers' Awards.
- Walking in the Fowey Area
- Walking in the Mevagissey Area
- Walking with Dogs between Truro and Fowey
- Walking with Saints and Tinners
- Top Walks in Mid Cornwall
- Top Walks in East Cornwall
- Top Walks in West Cornwall
- Cycling in Cornwall
There are free sample walks to download if you want to see how they work before buying.
Cornish non-fiction
A History of Mevagissey — the story of the village the bookshop sits in, available in paperback, ebook and audio.
The other names
To make it easier for readers to find the right kind of book, Liz publishes fiction under two additional pen names:
- Eva St John — science fiction and urban fantasy. The Quantum Curators and the Norwich Map Runners.
- Anna Penrose — crime. The Golden Murders.
All three are the same author, publishing through the same press.
About Mudlark's Press
Mudlark's is an old family nickname, from finding things in the river as children. It seemed right for a small press putting out a mixed collection of titles — each one a small treasure waiting to be turned up.
Signed copies are posted from the bookshop in Mevagissey. Unsigned copies are printed to order and can be sent worldwide.