Freda Lightfoot

Compelling sagas, heartwarming romances and enthralling historical fiction

Freda Lightfoot was born in Lancashire in 1942.

She trained as a teacher but then became a bookseller and a smallholder in the Lake District where she began writing short stories and articles before finding her vocation as a novelist.

Freda published more than fifty novels, mostly sagas and historical fiction.

Freda died aged 83 in November 2025 leaving a legacy of books that continue to be enjoyed by thousands of readers.