Derbyshire author wins prestigious national award
Run by The People’s Book Prize, the coveted award is held annually and voted on by the public.
Derbyshire writer D Michelle Gent has won The Frederick Forsyth award for Fiction for her novel Ash and the Faceless Man
Run by The People’s Book Prize, the coveted award is held annually and voted on by the public.
Ash and the Faceless Man is the second of D Michelle Gent’s books to win the annual award, her first win was for Ash and the Favour Man in May 2024
Michelle was was born, the 5th generation of the Hill family of Blackwell which included local football hero, her great-grandfather, Harold Hill – one of the top 100 goalscorers in the country.
She spent her childhood in Newton, the next village. She moved to Nottinghamshire with her husband to start a family. After three decades in Sutton-in-Ashfield, working as a Door Supervisor in nightclubs in Mansfield and Nottingham, running her own business, and later, a political career, Michelle has a wealth of experiences to draw on for writing and books.
Whilst working in one of the nightclubs in Mansfield, an idea came to her for her first book, Deadlier… Than The Male and she has been writing ever since.
Michelle is recovering from a life-altering cancer diagnosis, treatment and operation, and has retired to France.
She has plans for the final book in the Ash series to be written in the coming year.
D Michelle Gent has written and published seven novels, a collection of short stories, and a set of seven short stories on e-book.