Annabelle Thorpe is a British novelist, travel writer and editor known for her long career in journalism and fiction. She writes travel features, contemporary and historical fiction, and has produced non-fiction travel books. Her most recent novel is The Moonlit Piazza (2025), a sequel to The Village Trattoria. She has also worked in copywriting and PR consultancy for the National Trust.
Annabelle Thorpe began her career on the travel desk of The Times, where she spent six years. She went on to work for national newspapers, including The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Observer, The Daily Mail, The Express, and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine. Her travel writing has also appeared in Elle and Conde Nast Traveller. She was named one of the top fifty travel writers in the United Kingdom and has reported from almost sixty countries. Her experiences include driving across the Omani desert, crossing China by train and a near miss with traffic in Tripoli.
After her early career in journalism, she became deputy travel editor for Express Newspapers and later for the Observer. Alongside her writing, Thorpe completed an MA in Contemporary History in 2012. She is also an alumna of Curtis Brown Creative.
Her first novel, The People We Were Before, was set during the Croatian civil war in the 1990s. Her second novel, What Lies Within, took place in Marrakech. She has written two travel books in addition to her fiction. The Moonlit Piazza (2025) continues the story of the Capaldi family, set in wartime Italy, with a focus on Casa Maria in Umbria and the pressures of Nazi occupation.
Annabelle Thorpe lives in Ditchling, East Sussex, with her husband and a cat, and still regards London as a significant influence on her work.
Photo credit: www.annabellethorpe.co.uk
Annabelle Thorpe began her career on the travel desk of The Times, where she spent six years. She went on to work for national newspapers, including The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Observer, The Daily Mail, The Express, and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine. Her travel writing has also appeared in Elle and Conde Nast Traveller. She was named one of the top fifty travel writers in the United Kingdom and has reported from almost sixty countries. Her experiences include driving across the Omani desert, crossing China by train and a near miss with traffic in Tripoli.
After her early career in journalism, she became deputy travel editor for Express Newspapers and later for the Observer. Alongside her writing, Thorpe completed an MA in Contemporary History in 2012. She is also an alumna of Curtis Brown Creative.
Her first novel, The People We Were Before, was set during the Croatian civil war in the 1990s. Her second novel, What Lies Within, took place in Marrakech. She has written two travel books in addition to her fiction. The Moonlit Piazza (2025) continues the story of the Capaldi family, set in wartime Italy, with a focus on Casa Maria in Umbria and the pressures of Nazi occupation.
Annabelle Thorpe lives in Ditchling, East Sussex, with her husband and a cat, and still regards London as a significant influence on her work.
Photo credit: www.annabellethorpe.co.uk
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