Anna Ferrara

Biography

Anna Ferrara is a novelist who specialises in plot twists, horror and lesbian characters. Strong, independent women feature in all of her novels because she often finds herself mesmerised by them in real life. You can read more about her work and person at annaferrarabooks.com

Smashwords Interview

What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
Creating stories and experiences. That's like a drug for me. I enjoy the process and I enjoy the outcomes.
When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
I read (of course), watch tv and movies, play games (computer, mobile, board, live, you name it I'll play it) and enjoy the warmth of my loved ones.
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Where to find Anna Ferrara online

Series

Show White and Her Queen
Before there was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella, there were three other tales some preferred not to tell…
Those Strange Women
Those Strange Women is a series of six books about the lives of six ‘unusual’ women over nine decades. Amidst changing attitudes towards women and homosexuality, the women grow, adapt and find their own ways of existing in a world in which they don’t quite belong. A few of them learn to love but most learn to hate; a few of them fail to thrive but most survive and develop a taste for revenge.

Books

Notes On Parental Estrangement
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 24,040. Language: English. Published: April 6, 2021 . Categories: Nonfiction » Relationships & Family » Dysfunctional relationships, Nonfiction » Psychology » Interpersonal relations
So your estranged parent is dying. Should you go visit, or not? Should you go to the funeral, or not? Would you even grieve? Written for children of absent, toxic or negligent parents and professionals seeking a case study of the subject, this book is a record of the stages of grief, coping and self-discovery a person will go through when their parent remains unloving up till the very end.
Snow White and Her Queen 2
Series: Show White and Her Queen. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 63,070. Language: English. Published: December 13, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Before there was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, there were 2 other stories some preferred not to tell… One year after leaving the North, Queen Katherine and Princess Eirwen struggle with new troubles—a cinder dust covered apprentice who brings to Eirwen something Katherine can never give and an old acquaintance of Katherine who has taken to calling them “beasts”....
Eritis Mea
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 59,310. Language: English. Published: February 23, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian
What would you do if you were raised Christian and also in love with someone of the same sex? In this horror story laden with multiple endings and many surprises, the fate of our protagonists will depend on the choices you make on their behalf. How will you behave when life pushes you beyond the boundaries of what you and your religion know to be possible, or true? Would you be able to survive?
The Woman Who Tried To Be Normal
Series: Those Strange Women. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 82,240. Language: English. Published: September 28, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
In 1975, 375 miles away from Area 51, Helen, a synaesthete who sees sounds and hears images, marries an aircraft engineer, hides her dreadful past and tries to live a normal life for a change. That all crumbles when her new neighbour, Ethel, wife of her husband’s colleague, regards her with extreme hostility then, later on… love.
The Woman Who Pretended To Love Men
Series: Those Strange Women. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,540. Language: English. Published: April 26, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Urban
In 1999, Hong Kong, Fleur repeatedly denies having feelings for Milla, daughter of a New York mob boss, because she has secrets—another identity and a job she can’t talk about. Trouble comes when Milla moves on, starts dating other women, and leaves Fleur all by herself, amidst feelings of loss and wanting…
The Woman Who Made Me Feel Strange
Series: Those Strange Women. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 87,930. Language: English. Published: December 29, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
How do you find out what’s really going on when you can’t trust anything anybody says? This book is a psychological mystery full of clues hidden in plain sight. Can you figure out what’s really happening to the lesbian protagonist before the end?
Snow White and Her Queen
Series: Show White and Her Queen. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 67,000. Language: English. Published: April 21, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Fairy tales
Before there was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, there was another story some preferred not to tell. "You, my Queen, are fairest of all,” the Princess said, unravelling a nightmare of obsession and forbidden desire. This intimate lesbian retelling of the popular Grimms' fairy tale will change your understanding of the wicked Queen's infamous jealousy forever.