Author | Artist
Louise Mangos
Louise Mangos grew up in the UK but has spent more than half her life in Switzerland, first in the French part and latterly in the German part, with a special love of the Italian canton of Ticino. Her debut psychological thriller “Strangers on a Bridge” was a finalist in the Exeter Novel Prize and long listed for the Bath Novel Award. Her second novel is the psychological suspense “The Art of Deception.” Her third novel “The Beaten Track” was written for her Masters in crime writing at UEA and won a gold medal in the psychological thriller category of the Global Book Awards in 2024. Venturing into a new genre, her historical mystery “The Secrets of Morgarten” was published in December 2023. It won bronze medal in the medieval history category of the Global Book Awards in 2024 and was a finalist in the Page Turner Awards. Her lastest novel is the psychological whodunnit “Five Fatal Flaws” which was shortlisted in the Page Turner Awards.
She currently lives in central Switzerland with her Kiwi husband and two sons, and when she’s not writing or painting, enjoys an active life in the Alps. Apart from her novels, she also writes short stories and flash fiction which have won prizes and been published in various anthologies.
Books
Reviews for Strangers on a Bridge
“The gorgeous, patient writing and strong sense of place made me love this book. It slowly swept me up in the story, one where the characters were real, flawed and absorbing. This is a very strong debut, and I definitely look forward to what Louise Mangos writes next.” Louise Beech – Award winning author of several bestselling multi-genre novels
Reviews for The Beaten Track
Recent Publications and Awards
Out of the Abyss
Second Place, From Festival Short Story Competition 2023
Halfway to Guayaquil I Fall in Love
2nd place, WoW Women on Writing competition, Spring 2021
The Truth About Snowflakes
Winner, Flash 500 quarterly competition, March 2021
My Blog
Latest Blog Posts
Ten Books that have Influenced my Writing
Last year I was invited onto a fellow author’s blog to talk about the ten books that have influenced my writing. It was difficult to choose out of the thousands I have enjoyed throughout my life, but when I look back more than a...
Debut Panellist at Iceland Noir
I’ve been attending crime writing festivals for the past few years, initially as a fan and a reader, and later as a crime writer hoping to find her way onto the publishing ladder. A couple of weeks ago I attended my second...
That Lucky Break
I’ve never been superstitious. If a black cat crosses my path, I’m more likely to emit a remarkably authentic ‘meow’ than worry about whether it passed from left to right. But Friday the 13th of October 2017 turned out to be the...
The Benefits of Literary Festivals
The author’s working life is a solitary one. No one else can translate the data in a writer’s head to the screen or notebook. The task is theirs alone, a one-person job. In the quiet of the office, the shed, or the corner of the...
Ten Books that have Influenced my Writing
Last year I was invited onto a fellow author’s blog to talk about the ten books that have influenced my writing. It was difficult to choose out of the thousands I have enjoyed throughout my life, but when I look back more than a...
Debut Panellist at Iceland Noir
I’ve been attending crime writing festivals for the past few years, initially as a fan and a reader, and later as a crime writer hoping to find her way onto the publishing ladder. A couple of weeks ago I attended my second...
That Lucky Break
I’ve never been superstitious. If a black cat crosses my path, I’m more likely to emit a remarkably authentic ‘meow’ than worry about whether it passed from left to right. But Friday the 13th of October 2017 turned out to be the...