Scottish Girls About Town: And sixteen other Scottish women authors
Born in Ayrshire in 1972,Jenny Colganworked in the health service for six years after graduating from Edinburgh University, moonlighting as a cartoonist and stand-up comic.Her first novel,Amanda's Wedding, published in 1999, was an instant bestseller, and has been followed by three further bestselling romantic comedies,Talking to Addison, Looking for Andrew McCarthyandWorking Wonders.Jenny Colgan lives in London.Born in Edinburgh,Isla Dewarnow lives in Fife with her husband, a cartoonist, and two sons. Her first novel,Keeping Up with Magda, published in 1995, has been followed by a string of bestsellers:Giving Up on Ordinary, It Could Happen to You, Women Talking Dirty, Two Kinds of Wonderful, The Woman Who Painted Her Dreams, and, most recently,Dancing in a Distant Place.Muriel Grayis a well-known media personality, the creator and presenter of numerous radio and TV shows, includingThe Tube, The Media ShowandThe Snow Show. She is also the author of three chilling novels of the supernatural,The Ancient, FurnaceandThe Trickster.Muriel Gray lives in Glasgow with her husband and three children.