Victoria Purman
Ordinary women, extraordinary stories
For dates and booking links for appearances for the launch of The Marriage Trap, click here.
Victoria with international bestselling Australian author Chris Hammer at the Mudgee Readers Festival, 2025.
About Victoria
Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author
Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author and sought-after MC and Chair for author events. Her new book, The Marriage Trap, is published in Australia in May 2026. She is a regular guest at writers festivals, a mentor and workshop presenter across Australia, and has judged the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. In her role as an MC, she has interviewed numerous New York times bestselling and Australian bestselling authors. You’ll find information about Victoria’s books here and she can be contacted at victoria@victoriapurman.com.
📖 BIG NEWS ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BOOK. I am so thrilled to announce the title and reveal the blurb. Releasing on April 1 2027 is THE WEDDING SECRET. We're tweaking the cover as I type and I hope to reveal all very soon. In the meantime, here's one I mocked up myself LOL. And here's the blurb:
A fairytale based on a lie...
From a bestselling author comes this compassionate story of what happens when reality meets fairytale behind the scenes for a marriage. For readers of 100 Years of Betty.
Georgette Smith is walking on air. Her fiance Richard is everything she's ever wanted in a man: he's charming, kind, brings her flowers and even loves her mother. When a whirlwind romance is followed by a wedding date, her fairytale seems complete.
But even fairytales have a few frogs. Her mother-in-law takes over her (increasingly lavish) wedding arrangements, and the minute she announces her engagement her boss sacks her. Her new job as assistant to a private investigator, Max, a man who tracks down evidence for divorce cases, lays bare a world Georgette can barely believe: one filled with cheating, drinking, violence, gambling and people trapped in loveless marriages by laws which make it almost impossible to leave them. It's harrowing, but surely, her marriage will be different, won't it? When Georgette sees some compromising photos that hit too close to home she realises that her marriage has a secret so big that if uncovered would heap disgrace upon her and her family forever. Her heart is broken, her dreams shattered, but for Richard, the consequences could be too terrible for words, and Georgette has to decide whether to keep their secret, or bring it out into the light... ... See MoreSee Less
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Book giveaway! If you’re Susanne or Fiona, you’ve won a book in my monthly newsletter giveaway. Check your email! ... See MoreSee Less
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What a lovely surprise in my local paper The Advertiser. And what amazing company to be in, too. ... See MoreSee Less
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Alina Bellchambers would like to believe she writes most days from 9am to 5pm, but when she goes down the rabbit hole, lost in a story of her own creation, she can sometimes write for upwards of 12 ho...2 CommentsComment on Facebook
Come see me at the Round She Goes Vintage market at Goodwood in Adelaide today! We’ll be here until 3pm (Sunday). I have some little handcrafted goodies to sell (perfect for Christmas presents 🎁). It’s the first time I’ve ever sold my own upcycled creations and feeling nervous if people will like old doilies as much as I do! ... See MoreSee Less
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MY. BEST. GIG. EVER. I’m leading two op shop tours today with delegates from the SA Rural Women’s Gathering. We’ve hit Op Shop Corner at Findon (Adelaide opshoppers will know it well!). I AM IN HEAVEN. ... See MoreSee Less
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Most authors I know are now waking up to these kind of spammy, AI generated emails offered to promote our books. This is the lot that were waiting for me this morning. And, added bonus, what looks like an inheritance scam! 🤬 ... See MoreSee Less
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Couldn't be more proud of my dear friend Tricia Stringer whose book THE PARADISE RESORT is still in the Top Ten Australian bestsellers this week! Go South Australian authors! 🥰📚📖 ... See MoreSee Less
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Do you remember the Scholastic Book Club? I remember bursting with anticipation every month when a new catalogue would turn up in class when I was in primary school in the 1970s... anticipating which ones I would choose (and how many my parents could afford). And then the pure joy a couple of weeks later of having brand new books in my hands. I'm writing a speech at the moment for the SARWG Adelaide 2026 — I'm honoured to have been asked to present the keynote - and I'm reminiscing about when my love of books and reading began. I think it was the first time I saw a Scholastic catalogue... ... See MoreSee Less
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