NATALIE Haynes is a Sunday Times bestselling writer and broadcaster she is the author of novels, and she has written and presented 11 series of the BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands up for the classics.

Natalie is completing a tour and is visiting the Blake Theatre in Monmouth for one of them where she will talk about her new novel, “No Friend to This House”

Natalie Haynes is a once-in-a-generation storyteller, and No Friend to This House is her masterpiece,” said Dr. Amanda Foreman.

No Friend to This House is being released on September 11.

The book is about Jason and his astronauts set to sail to find the Golden Fleece. The journey is filled with danger, for him and everyone he meets, but if he ever reaches the distant land he seeks, he faces almost certain death.

Medea- priestess, witch and daughter of a brutal king has the power to save the life of a stranger. Will she betray her family and her home, and what will she demand in return?

Medea and Jason seize their one chance of a life together as the gods intend, but their love is steeped in vengeance from the beginning and no one not even those closest to them will be safe.

The Amber Fury, shortlisted for the Mcllvanney Prize; The children of Jocasta, a feminist retelling of the Oedipus and Antigone stories; A thousand ships, a retelling of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective and Stone Blind, a re-telling of the Medusa story

People have praised Natalie on her novels:

‘Witty, gripping, ruthless said Margaret Atwood on Stone Blind.

‘Haynes is a master of her trade said The Daily Telegraph

‘Fiercely feminist... A many-layered delight’ said The Guardian