John Ironmonger
Lose yourself in stories of humanity, history, and hope
Writer of internationally best-selling novels: The Coincidence Authority, Not Forgetting the Whale, The Wager and the Bear, and more. Shameless appropriator of ideas, events, cultures, genders, ages, identities, and perspectives in pursuit of a good story.
John
Ironmonger
Coming Soon:
The Angel of St Piran
When five wealthy trophy hunters descend upon a remote African forest, they overlook the passionate young researcher, Angel Restorick, who has learned to communicate with the chimpanzees she studies.
As the hunters close in, Angel must use her unique bond with the chimps to outwit the human predators.
Release date: 1st September 2026
John Ironmonger has lived many lives before becoming a novelist. From researching elephant populations in Kenya to teaching zoology on the edge of the Sahara, his varied career has shaped the curiosity and compassion that run through his fiction.
He now lives in Cheshire and is the author of internationally acclaimed novels loved by readers around the world.
Winner of the European Literary Festival Reader's Prize 2014
Shortlisted for the Costa First Book Award 2012
Runner-up in the Guardian's 'Not the Booker Prize' 2012
Winner of the Copper Award 2025
About John
Explore Books
Not Forgetting the Whale (also published as 'The Whale at the End of the World'
The Wager and the Bear - Out now in paperback
The Year of the Dugong - available in English on Amazon Kindle and in paperback in German and Dutch
The Many Lives of Heloise Starchild came out during Covid and consequently went unnoticed - but it's my personal favourite novel
The Coincidence Authority - sold in the USA by Harper Collins as 'Coincidence'
Daughters of Artemis before I was ever published this was my self-published writing experiment. I'm still proud of it though ...
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