Hannah Byron writes Heroine Journey Fiction, historical novels centred on women whose lives are shaped by war, resistance, and the long echoes these experiences leave behind. Her stories dive deep into what it felt like to live through moments that demanded courage, secrecy, and choice.

Best known for her WWII resistance novels and dual-timeline stories inspired by real female agents of the Special Operations Executive, Byron’s work moves across the twentieth century and beyond. Her fiction blends meticulous research with atmosphere and emotional depth, inviting readers into worlds where danger often lives quietly and bravery is rarely announced.

Due to her own European upbringing in various countries, her novels are set primarily in Western Europe, in landscapes where the scars of the 20th century still press close and the past is never entirely finished.

While much of her work explores women of the World Wars, her novels are not confined to a single era or form. Some stand alone, others unfold across longer arcs, allowing each heroine’s journey to take the shape it requires.

Alongside this body of work, she also writes under the pen name Hannah Ivory, where she occasionally slips into the world of Victorian England to follow the discreet investigations of amateur sleuth Mrs Imogene Lynch.

Hannah Byron approaches her writing as a long-form creative legacy rather than a single book or series. Through her novels, Field Notes, and The Byron Letter, she offers readers a glimpse behind the scenes: archival discoveries, research travels, historical curiosities, and the small, human details that rarely make it into official records.

Her bestselling novels are read internationally and translated into multiple languages, attracting readers who value intelligent fiction with emotional resonance, a distinctly European voice, and the sense that there is always more beneath the surface.

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