{"id":52168,"date":"2022-01-25T12:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/?page_id=52168"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:30:10","slug":"ellie-wood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/ellie-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"large\"><strong>Ellie Wood<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ellie_wood_600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ellie_wood_600.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ellie_wood_600-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agent: <a href=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/anne-williams\/\">Anne Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ellie Wood\u2019s debut, THE WILDWATER WOMEN, was published by HarperNorth in 2022. A novel to lift the spirits and warm the heart, it is the story of four women, all with very different lives, brought together by open-water swimming and a need to wash away their pasts. But will their friendship be enough to keep them afloat when they each must face their fears?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ellie was born and brought up in the Lake District, in the village of Cartmel. Having worked as an editor in London publishing, she has now moved back to Kendal, in the Lake District, where she continues to write and edit.&nbsp; Her new novel, THE RESTAURANT AT THE HEART OF THE LAKES, was published by HarperNorth in early 2024 and a follow up, THE HOTEL AT THE HEART OF THE LAKES, was published in March 2025 by HarperNorth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53209\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/xlogo-black_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"33\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EllieWoodAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EllieWoodAuthor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1372\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/instagram_logo_32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elliewoodauthor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow Ellie on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-khla-grey-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c9a371c5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise for Ellie Wood&#8217;s novels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A beautiful, warm, touching and evocative read&#8221; <span class=\"a-text-italic\">Phillipa Ashley<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;An unusual book, beautifully written, full of gentle undercurrents that bring floods of emotion. The gorgeous setting is exactly right for the strong theme of friendship, making this a real curl-up-in-your-armchair read&#8221; <span class=\"a-text-italic\">Sue Moorcroft<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ellie_wood_thehotelat-theheartofthelakes.jpg\" alt=\"The Hotel At The Heart Of The Lakes\" class=\"wp-image-53192\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ellie_wood_therestaurantat-theheartofthelakes.jpg\" alt=\"The Restaurant At The Heart Of The Lakes\" class=\"wp-image-52875\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ellie_wood_thewildwaterwomen.jpg\" alt=\"The Wildwater Women\" class=\"wp-image-52294\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellie Wood Agent: Anne Williams Ellie Wood\u2019s debut, THE WILDWATER WOMEN, was published by HarperNorth in 2022. 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