Fiona McIntosh

Fiona McIntosh (born 1960) is an English-born Australian author of adult and children's books. She has also written under the pen name Lauren Crow.

Early life and education Fiona McIntosh was born in Brighton, England, in 1960. As a child she spent some months in Ghana, West Africa, where her father worked for a mining company.

After studying marketing in Brighton followed by a stint in a public relations job in London, she travelled to Australia at the age of 21, where she met her future husband, Ian, in Alice Springs. They moved to Adelaide, South Australia, where they founded a monthly magazine, Travel News Australia. called Trinity.

In 2007, she published a crime novel, Bye Bye Baby, under the pen name of Lauren Crow.

In 2021 McIntosh signed a film rights deal with Monica Saunders-Weinberg, head of Hana Black Productions, to make a film of her wartime drama novel The Pearl Thief. It is being adapted by producer Bruna Papandrea.

Personal life McIntosh and her husband moved to live on a property in Riverton, South Australia in July 2024. Blood and Memory (2004) Bridge of Souls (2004)

Percheron

Odalisque (2005) Emissary (2006) Goddess (2007)

Valisar Royal Exile (2008) Tyrant's Blood (2009) King's Wrath (2010)

Jack Hawksworth series Bye Bye Baby (2007, writing under the pen-name Lauren Crow) Beautiful Death (2009) Mirror Man (2021) Dead Tide (2023) Foul Play (2024) Blood Pact (2025)

Other novels Fields of Gold (2010) The Lavender Keeper (2012) The Scrivener's Tale (2012, standalone novel set in the world of The Quickening) The French Promise (2013, sequel to The Lavender Keeper) The Tailor's Girl (2013) Tapestry (2014) Nightingale (2014) The Last Dance (2015) On The Scent of Purfume: The Making of the Perfumer's Secret (2015) The Perfumer's Secret (2015) The Chocolate Tin (2016) The Tea Gardens (2017) The Pearl Thief (2018) The Diamond Hunter (2019) The Champagne War (2020) The Spy's Wife (2021) The Orphans (2022) The Sugar Palace (2023) The Fallen Woman (2024) The Soldier's Daughter (2025, sequel to The Champagne War)

Short stories The Bathhouse Girl (2009) in Thanks for the Mammaries (ed. Sarah Darmody)

Children's fiction

Shapeshifter Severo's Intent (2007) Saxten's Secret (2007) Wolf Lair (2007) King of the Beasts (2007)

Other works The Whisperer (2009) The Rumpelgeist (2012) Harry and Gran Bake a Cake (2025) with Sara Acton

Non fiction How To Write Your Blockbuster (2015)