Where Stories Lie Buried - A memoir of a genealogist turned author

About the Author

Vicky Adin is a New Zealand author of ten genealogy-inspired historical fiction novels and family sagas – and a Master of Arts graduate with First Class Honours.

With decades of genealogical research behind her, she transforms real family mysteries and immigrant stories into compelling fiction giving voice to ordinary women whose stories deserve to be told. She has produced three series:

• The New Zealand Immigrant Collection
• The Art of Secrets
• The Ancestors series.

Her work has been recognised with a Gold Medal for Women’s Historical Fiction 2022 and multiple B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree awards. One reader compared her writing to that of Dame Catherine Cookson, a comparison she treasures.

Vicky has just released her memoir, Where Stories Lie Buried – A Memoir of a Genealogist Turned Author.

SOME WORDS FROM VICKY:

“Like the characters in my books, I have a passion for family history and a love of old photos, antiques and treasures from the past. After researching the history of the time and place, and realising the hardships many people suffered, I knew I wanted to write their stories – tales of love and loss, and of triumph over adversity. You couldn’t make up some of the life stories I’ve uncovered.

 My novels could be about your ancestors. While the names change, the history of the place they came from remains the same. I wanted to write stories that brought the past alive for the reader as much as for myself. Many of my characters have been fictionalised, but their story is no less faithful to the time. I particularly enjoy writing inter-generational sagas, inspired by early immigrant stories to New Zealand, linked by journals, letters, photographs and heirlooms.

I invite you to journey alongside immigrants as they cross the oceans for a better life, or follow their descendants as they uncover the long-lost secrets of bygone days. Become engrossed in The New Zealand Immigrant Collection, suspenseful family sagas uncovering the mysteries, the lies and the challenges of the past. Or delve into the secrets of the past in The Art of Secrets series, dual-timeline family sagas about finding your roots. Continue the journey in The Ancestors series, beginning with Sarah’s Destiny, a heart-rending tale of enduring love.

And new in 2026, Where Stories Lie Buried – A Memoir of a Genealogist Turned Author – the story behind all ten novels and the journey that made me a writer.”

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