BEST SELLING AUTHOR

Anna Pasternak

Anna Pasternak is the international bestselling author of The American Duchess, the Real Wallis Simpson, a biography which pulls back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood women in British royal history, The Duchess of Windsor.

Her previous book, Lara; The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago, which revealed the true story about the mistress and muse of Anna’s great uncle Boris Pasternak, achieved critical acclaim and is currently in film development.

Other titles include Princess in Love, which sold over half a million copies and was made into a CBS movie of the week and Call Off The Search, a jaw-droppingly honest self-help book about true love and relationships.

Anna’s work has featured in every mainstream British newspaper including The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail as well as in magazines such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, Conde Nast Traveller and Tatler.

She is a frequent royal commentator on television, radio and podcasts. In June 2021, she spoke at The Oxford Union against the motion to abolish the British monarchy. She is a Founder Member of the Free Speech Union and is a member of their Writers Advisory Council.

Reviews

“A story with enough romance and suffering to make a moving novel or film in its own right.”

Observer, On Lara

“PASTERNAK INTERVIEWS FRESH PEOPLE… THESE PEOPLE BRING NEW OBSERVATIONS.”

The times, ON THE AMERICAN DUCHESS

“A gripping if sad chapter in history and she tells it well.”

Evening Standard, on lara

“Beautifully written and captures the Duchess perfectly.”

JOHANNA SCHUTZ, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE WINDSORS