Sharon Wright

Organisations

• Society of Authors
• The Brontë Society

Details

As a writer...

I'm a non-fiction author, journalist and playwright. I've worked as a writer, editor and columnist for leading national magazines, newspapers and websites including The Guardian, Daily Express, BBC, Disney, Glamour, Red and Take a Break. I'm also the author of successful plays performed in Yorkshire and London. The Mother of the Brontës, my biography of Maria Branwell, became a #1 Amazon bestseller and my books have enjoyed widespread coverage, including my appearance on BBC Woman’s Hour, a serialisation in the Mail on Sunday and articles about my findings in the Observer, Times, Daily Telegraph and New York Post.

As a speaker...

Next to writing, I love talking (well, I am from Yorkshire). That includes meeting interesting people of all ages through my work as a public speaker and workshop leader. Whether it's a cosy group gathered in a local library round a pot of tea, a sold-out event at the British Library, a packed book festival appearance or a laugher-filled online interview for hundreds of people, it's all about sharing knowledge, enthusiasm, opinions and a sheer love of learning. 

Praise for Mother of the Brontes…

"★★★★★ This impressively researched, crisply written biography gives Maria her rightful place in the Brontë story.”   The Telegraph 

“Beautifully researched and vibrantly written”   Daily Express

“Exuberant, fast-paced and deeply moving biography of a remarkable woman.”   Jane Austen Regency Review

“A haunting and timely portrait of mysterious Maria Brontë, mother of literature’s most gifted siblings. A groundbreaking piece of research - and a poignantly moving story.”   Claire Harman, author of Charlotte Brontë: A Life

“This is a fine book.”   Brontë Studies

Praise for Balloonomania Belles / The Lost History of the Lady Aeronauts…

“Sharon Wright tells a fabulous tale, and has uncovered some terrific stories of long forgotten heroines of the air. Some stories are comic, many are tragic, many are a bit of both, and she tells it brilliantly.”   Bristol Post

“You couldn’t want for a better antidote to pinkness than these tales of girls and women unleashing their pluck and inventiveness in the unregulated age of balloonomania... This is history at its most satisfying.”   Damesnet

“A simply brilliant history that rescues from undeserved obscurity a roster of pioneering women in the very beginning of the age of aviation … an inherently fascinating and impressively informative read from cover to cover.”   Midwest Book Review

“History has never been so much fun!”   What’s Her Name podcast

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