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She is also the granddaughter on her mother's side of the novelist [[Margaret Kennedy]] and on her father's side of Leonora Mackesy (born 1902), who wrote [[Harlequin Enterprises|Harlequin romances]] as Leonora Starr and Dorothy Rivers. She grew up on the [[Oxfordshire]]/[[Gloucestershire]] borders and went to school in [[Oxford]], where she gained a [[University of London]] degree in English literature from [[Harris Manchester College|Manchester College]], Oxford.<ref name="Author"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>>Author site: [http://www.serenamackesy.com/about.htm Retrieved 2 April 2011.]</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Serena Mackesy is the daughter of the Scots-born [[Oxford University|Oxford]] military historian [[Piers Mackesy]]. She is also the granddaughter on her mother's side of the novelist [[Margaret Kennedy]] and on her father's side of Leonora Mackesy (born 1902), who wrote [[Harlequin Enterprises|Harlequin romances]] as Leonora Starr and Dorothy Rivers<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. She is the cousin of author and artist [[Charlie Mackesy]]</ins>. She grew up on the [[Oxfordshire]]/[[Gloucestershire]] borders and went to school in [[Oxford]], where she gained a [[University of London]] degree in English literature from [[Harris Manchester College|Manchester College]], Oxford.<ref name="Author">Author site: [http://www.serenamackesy.com/about.htm Retrieved 2 April 2011.]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027020020/http://www.serenamackesy.com/about.htm |date=27 October 2011 }}</ins></ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Mackesy worked variously in offices, as an English teacher and on door-to-door sales before, as she told an interviewer in 2000: "I arrived at ''The Independent'' as a temp to cover for the secretary on the TV listings page... for a couple of weeks, realised I'd found somewhere I enjoyed and somehow never left.... I think the first writing I did was little potted movie previews on the weekend TV spread. The first thing anyone seemed to actually notice was a small daily bar review I used to write when the paper had a London supplement."<ref>Authortrek interview: [http://www.authortrek.com/serena_mackesy_interview.html Retrieved 2 April 2011.]</ref> By 1997 she was a regular columnist.<ref>The Independent website. [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/serena-mackesy-in-my-week-1259454.html Retrieved 2 April 2011.]</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Mackesy worked variously in offices, as an English teacher and on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>door-to-door<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins> sales before, as she told an interviewer in 2000: "I arrived at ''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>The Independent<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>'' as a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Temporary work|</ins>temp<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins> to cover for the secretary on the TV listings page... for a couple of weeks, realised I'd found somewhere I enjoyed and somehow never left.... I think the first writing I did was little potted movie previews on the weekend TV spread. The first thing anyone seemed to actually notice was a small daily bar review I used to write when the paper had a London supplement."<ref>Authortrek interview: [http://www.authortrek.com/serena_mackesy_interview.html Retrieved 2 April 2011.]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514141405/http://www.authortrek.com/serena_mackesy_interview.html |date=14 May 2011 }}</ins></ref> By 1997 she was a regular columnist.<ref>The Independent website. [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/serena-mackesy-in-my-week-1259454.html Retrieved 2 April 2011.]</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>As a child Serena Mackesy was a keen rider. She has described [[Malta]] as her favourite place in the world.<ref name="Author" /></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>As a child<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> Serena Mackesy was a keen rider. She has described [[Malta]] as her favourite place in the world.<ref name="Author" /></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==Novels==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==Novels==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Mackesy established her reputation with the novel ''The Temp'' (1999).<ref>London: Century. ISBN<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>0-7126-8079-9. Bibliographical details from British Library Integrated Catalogue [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/55VMPK2GYNJL7GTBNKMNRAAYBS7JLJN8G9VGCY8ILPASV1JYJC-34739?func=file&file_name=find-b Retrieved 2 April 2011.]</ref> This went into the ''Sunday Times'' Top Ten on publication.<ref>Publisher's website. [http://www.randomhouse.com/book/210947/hold-my-hand-by-serena-mackesy/9781569477090/?view=email_prep. Retrieved 2 April 2011.]</ref> Since then she has published ''Virtue'' (2000),<ref>London: Century. ISBN<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>0-7126-8429-8.</ref> ''Simply Heaven'' (2002),<ref>London: Century. ISBN<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>0-7126-8434-4.</ref> and ''Hold My Hand'' (2008).<ref>London: Constable. ISBN<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>1-84529-639-7.</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Mackesy established her reputation with the novel ''The Temp'' (1999).<ref>London: Century. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</ins>ISBN<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</ins>0-7126-8079-9<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>. Bibliographical details from British Library Integrated Catalogue [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/55VMPK2GYNJL7GTBNKMNRAAYBS7JLJN8G9VGCY8ILPASV1JYJC-34739?func=file&file_name=find-b Retrieved 2 April 2011.]</ref> This went into the ''Sunday Times'' Top Ten on publication.<ref>Publisher's website. [http://www.randomhouse.com/book/210947/hold-my-hand-by-serena-mackesy/9781569477090/?view=email_prep. Retrieved 2 April 2011.]</ref> Since then<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> she has published ''Virtue'' (2000),<ref>London: Century. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</ins>ISBN<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</ins>0-7126-8429-8<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>.</ref> ''Simply Heaven'' (2002),<ref>London: Century. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</ins>ISBN<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</ins>0-7126-8434-4<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>.</ref> and ''Hold My Hand'' (2008).<ref>London: Constable. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</ins>ISBN<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</ins>1-84529-639-7<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>.</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>In 2012 she adopted the pseudonym Alex Marwood with the publication of the psychological thriller ''[[The Wicked Girls]]''. This became a word-of-mouth bestseller in the UK, and was translated into 17 languages. It was included in Stephen King's ''Entertainment Weekly'' list of "The Ten Best Books I read this year" in 2013 and was shortlisted for an ITW award in the same year. The book won the Edgar Allan Poe Award (best paperback original) in 2014 and is also shortlisted for the Macavity and Anthony <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">awards</del> in the United States. A follow-up, ''The Killer Next Door'', was published in 2014.<ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Island Packet </del>[http://www.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">islandpacket</del>.com/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">living/article33617178.html</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Retrieved</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">13</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">August 2016.</del>]</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>In 2012<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> she adopted the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>pseudonym<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>Alex Marwood<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins> with the publication of the psychological thriller ''[[The Wicked Girls]]''. This became a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Word of mouth|</ins>word-of-mouth<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins> bestseller in the UK, and was translated into 17 languages. It was included in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Stephen King<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>'s ''Entertainment Weekly'' list of "The Ten Best Books I read this year" in 2013 and was shortlisted for an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[International Thriller Writers Awards|</ins>ITW award<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins> in the same year. The book won the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Edgar Awards|</ins>Edgar Allan Poe Award<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins> (best paperback original) in 2014 and is also shortlisted for the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Macavity<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Awards]]</ins> and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Anthony <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Awards]]</ins> in the United States. A follow-up, ''The Killer Next Door'', was published in 2014<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> followed, in 2016, by ''The Darkest Secret''</ins>.<ref>[http://www.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">alexmarwood</ins>.com/ <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Alex</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Marwood"</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">website</ins>]</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Work of Mackesy's has been translated into 19 languages. Writers she admires include [[Kurt Vonnegut]], [[C. S. Lewis]] (Narnia series), [[John Donne]] and the "other" [[Elizabeth Taylor (novelist)|Elizabeth Taylor]] (''Angel'').<ref name="Author" /></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Work of Mackesy's has been translated into 19 languages. Writers she admires include [[Kurt Vonnegut]], [[C. S. Lewis]] (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[The Chronicles of Narnia|''</ins>Narnia<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins> series<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>), [[John Donne]] and the "other" [[Elizabeth Taylor (novelist)|Elizabeth Taylor]] (''Angel'').<ref name="Author" /></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>==Awards and recognition==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* 2013, shortlisted, [[International Thriller Writers Awards|ITW award]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* 2014, winner, [[Edgar Awards|Edgar Allan Poe Award]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* shortlisted, [[Macavity Awards]] </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* shortlisted, [[Anthony Awards]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==References==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==References==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-right" title="Paragraph was moved. 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She is also the granddaughter on her mother's side of the novelist <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Kennedy" title="Margaret Kennedy">Margaret Kennedy</a> and on her father's side of Leonora Mackesy (born 1902), who wrote <a href="/wiki/Harlequin_Enterprises" title="Harlequin Enterprises">Harlequin romances</a> as Leonora Starr and Dorothy Rivers. She is the cousin of author and artist <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Mackesy" title="Charlie Mackesy">Charlie Mackesy</a>. She grew up on the <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>/<a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a> borders and went to school in <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, where she gained a <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a> degree in English literature from <a href="/wiki/Harris_Manchester_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris Manchester College">Manchester College</a>, Oxford.<sup id="cite_ref-Author_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Author-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mackesy worked variously in offices, as an English teacher and on <a href="/wiki/Door-to-door" title="Door-to-door">door-to-door</a> sales before, as she told an interviewer in 2000: "I arrived at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> as a <a href="/wiki/Temporary_work" title="Temporary work">temp</a> to cover for the secretary on the TV listings page... for a couple of weeks, realised I'd found somewhere I enjoyed and somehow never left.... I think the first writing I did was little potted movie previews on the weekend TV spread. The first thing anyone seemed to actually notice was a small daily bar review I used to write when the paper had a London supplement."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1997 she was a regular columnist.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a child, Serena Mackesy was a keen rider. She has described <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> as her favourite place in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Author_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Author-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Novels">Novels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serena_Mackesy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mackesy established her reputation with the novel <i>The Temp</i> (1999).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This went into the <i>Sunday Times</i> Top Ten on publication.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, she has published <i>Virtue</i> (2000),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Simply Heaven</i> (2002),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Hold My Hand</i> (2008).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, she adopted the <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> "Alex Marwood" with the publication of the psychological thriller <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wicked_Girls" title="The Wicked Girls">The Wicked Girls</a></i>. This became a <a href="/wiki/Word_of_mouth" title="Word of mouth">word-of-mouth</a> bestseller in the UK, and was translated into 17 languages. It was included in <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a>'s <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> list of "The Ten Best Books I read this year" in 2013 and was shortlisted for an <a href="/wiki/International_Thriller_Writers_Awards" title="International Thriller Writers Awards">ITW award</a> in the same year. The book won the <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Awards" title="Edgar Awards">Edgar Allan Poe Award</a> (best paperback original) in 2014 and is also shortlisted for the <a href="/wiki/Macavity_Awards" title="Macavity Awards">Macavity Awards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Awards" title="Anthony Awards">Anthony Awards</a> in the United States. A follow-up, <i>The Killer Next Door</i>, was published in 2014 followed, in 2016, by <i>The Darkest Secret</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Work of Mackesy's has been translated into 19 languages. Writers she admires include <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut" title="Kurt Vonnegut">Kurt Vonnegut</a>, <a href="/wiki/C._S._Lewis" title="C. S. Lewis">C. S. Lewis</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia" title="The Chronicles of Narnia"><i>Narnia</i> series</a>), <a href="/wiki/John_Donne" title="John Donne">John Donne</a> and the "other" <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor_(novelist)" title="Elizabeth Taylor (novelist)">Elizabeth Taylor</a> (<i>Angel</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Author_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Author-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serena_Mackesy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2013, shortlisted, <a href="/wiki/International_Thriller_Writers_Awards" title="International Thriller Writers Awards">ITW award</a></li> <li>2014, winner, <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Awards" title="Edgar Awards">Edgar Allan Poe Award</a></li> <li>shortlisted, <a href="/wiki/Macavity_Awards" title="Macavity Awards">Macavity Awards</a></li> <li>shortlisted, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Awards" title="Anthony Awards">Anthony Awards</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serena_Mackesy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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class="external text" href="http://www.serenamackesy.com/about.htm">Retrieved 2 April 2011.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111027020020/http://www.serenamackesy.com/about.htm">Archived</a> 27 October 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Authortrek interview: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.authortrek.com/serena_mackesy_interview.html">Retrieved 2 April 2011.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514141405/http://www.authortrek.com/serena_mackesy_interview.html">Archived</a> 14 May 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Independent website. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/serena-mackesy-in-my-week-1259454.html">Retrieved 2 April 2011.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">London: Century. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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Bibliographical details from British Library Integrated Catalogue <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogue.bl.uk/F/55VMPK2GYNJL7GTBNKMNRAAYBS7JLJN8G9VGCY8ILPASV1JYJC-34739?func=file&file_name=find-b">Retrieved 2 April 2011.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Publisher's website. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/210947/hold-my-hand-by-serena-mackesy/9781569477090/?view=email_prep.">Retrieved 2 April 2011.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">London: Century. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7126-8429-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7126-8429-8">0-7126-8429-8</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">London: Century. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7126-8434-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-7126-8434-4">0-7126-8434-4</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">London: Constable. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84529-639-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-84529-639-7">1-84529-639-7</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span 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