Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. Publishers Synopsis of The Family Upstairs And, who wants to miss out on the dinner, right? Off she went writing those chapters, and low and behold, not only did she meet the dinner challenge, but she also sent those chapters off to literary agencies and eventually they became her first novel. The challenge was to write three chapters of a novel in exchange for dinner at one of her favorite restaurants. But after being fired from her current position at the time, she accepted a writing challenge from her friend. As the story goes, her professional career started in the fashion industry where she worked for several years.

Lisa Jewell’s first book was published in 2000, and, although she wasn’t always known for her mysteries and thrillers, she’s earned a solid reputation in that genre now.Īnd she wasn’t always an author either! I particularly love her story of how she got started writing novels. She lives in London with her family, and her books have been published worldwide in over 25 languages.

In case you’re not yet familiar with Lisa Jewell, she is a #1 New York Times and Sunday Times, bestselling British author. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell was published in 2019 and is the first in a two-book series. The Family Upstairs – Read, ReRead or Reconsider?.The Family Upstairs – What I Didn’t Like.

Publishers Synopsis of The Family Upstairs.

The family upstairs novel