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Lelita Baldock is an Amazon best-selling author of historical fiction.

Born and raised in Australia, Lelita holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and History from the University of Adelaide, making the move to writing historical fiction a natural fit.

She loves all things reading and writing. When she isn't researching or laying down words for a novel, she can be found with a good book and an icy white wine in hand. Read more about Lelita.

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Cover of The Song of the Lotus Flower: white lotus flowers frame misty mountains at sunset as helicopters fly overhead. The tagline reads: The Vietnam War silenced them. She came to give them a voice.

Latest novel · Out now

The Song of the Lotus Flower

The Women War Reporters series

A sweeping dual-timeline novel of love and heroism.

“WOW. It's been so long since I've loved every character in a story… This beautifully tragic novel absolutely broke my heart… a must read.”
★★★★★Reader review
“Wow! I am speechless… What an amazing read! Truly one of the best this year.”
★★★★★Reader review

More novels by Lelita

Cover of The Children of Zagreb: a woman in a red dress holds a wooden toy horse behind her back, above the rooftops of Zagreb.

The Children of Zagreb

A heartbreaking story of friendship, sacrifice and the children who must never be forgotten.

Cover of The Keeper of Lost Art: a woman in a red coat stands at a stone balustrade beneath a vaulted, gilded ceiling, looking towards a bright window.

The Keeper of Lost Art

A profoundly moving and evocative tale of love, sacrifice and the power of art in the darkest of times.

Cover of The Baker's Secret: a woman in a red coat pushes a bicycle through a snowy square towards a cathedral spire as planes fly overhead.

The Baker's Secret

In Nazi-occupied Latvia, two sisters are forced to make an impossible choice.

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