Meet the author

A.J. Sefton is the author of contemporary and historical psychological fiction.
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​Jay's latest book is set on a typical allotment. But the dark kind. Which is the best kind to read about.

Jay has worked as a history teacher and journalist, and contributed to a variety of publications including the football magazine Shoot! and a regular monthly column for Cat World magazine. Jay also ran a successful history blog for eight years, which formed part of the research for the Dark Ages Series.

​An enthusiastic professional reader and one of the top 100 book reviewers in Britain.
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A.J. Sefton was born in Wallasey in Merseyside, and moved to Liverpool shortly after. Jay now lives in
​Burton-upon-Trent in Staffordshire.
Married with a daughter, Amanda, and two cats. There are always cats. 

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News and Features

Great news!   My latest #AllotmentNoir book is finished and awaiting publication. Watch this space...

​The next book is about half-way written. Exciting stuff.

For the last year and a half, research has been strictly the indoor kind. But now it looks like some kind of old-type normality is coming. Now for some field work. Yay!

Latest book: Growing In Damp Places

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Book club appearances

Book Club appearances

​Thankfully, I am now in a position to take bookings for talks in book clubs or anything literary or bookish. Drop me a line.

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What I'm reading

This horrible pandemic has allowed plenty of reading time - which is just as well given the amount of fabulous books around!

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My garden reading spot

Psychology is the science of mind and behaviour

Dark /da:k/ adj., noun:
​from Anglo-Saxon [deorc]

 foreboding evil traits, forces or desires;
sullen or threatening; obscure;
concealed or secret, mysterious;
​having richness or depth.