Since November 2009Author Profiles: M
Here all all of our Author Profiles for authors who have the last name of “M”. To skip to a specific author, please click one of them below!
Jump to author: Mary Malone | Chrissie Manby | Jill Mansell | Sarah Mason | Carole Matthews | Abby McDonald | Gil McNeil | Anna McPartlin | Susy McPhee | Holly McQueen | Jane Moore | Eleanor Moran | Sinead Moriarty | Kate Morris | Miriam Morrison | Clodagh Murphy
Name: Mary Malone
Biography: Mary Malone lives in Bandon, Co. Cork with her husband, Pat, her sons, David and Mark, and their golden labrador, Prince. Never Tear Us Apart is her third novel. For more information about Mary see www.marymalone.ie
Website: http://www.marymalone.ie/
Books: Love Match (2006), Love is the Reason (2007), Never Tear Us Apart (2009), Love is the Reason (2010)
Name: Chrissie Manby (also publishes books under Olivia Darling)
Biography: Chrissie Manby is the author of fourteen romantic comedy novels including The Matchbreaker and Crazy in Love. Raised in Gloucester, Chrissie now lives in London. Her life is a tragic merry-go-round of parties, spa breaks and buying shoes.
Website: http://www.chrismanby.co.uk/
Books: Flatmates (1997), Second Prize (1998), Deep Heat (1999), Lizzie Jordan’s Secret Life (2000), Running Away From Richard (2001), Getting Personal (2002), Seven Sunny Days (2003), Girl Meets Ape (2004), Ready Or Not (2005), The Matchbreaker (2006), Marrying For Money (2006), Spa Wars (2008), Vintage (as Olivia Darling, 2008), Crazy In Love (2009), Priceless (as Olivia Darling, 2009), Getting Over Mr Right (2010), Temptation (as Olivia Darling, 2011)
Name: Jill Mansell
Biography: The author of many bestselling novels, most recently RUMOUR HAS IT, Jill Mansell is a full-time writer. She lives in Bristol with her family.
Website: http://www.jillmansell.co.uk/
Books: Fast Friends (1991), Solo (1992), Kiss (1993), Sheer Mischief (1994), Open House (1995), Two’s Company (1996), Perfect Timing (1997), Head Over Heels (1998), Mixed Doubles (1998), Miranda’s Big Mistake (1999), Good At Games (2000), Millie’s Fling (2001), Nadia Knows Best (2002), Staying At Daisy’s (2002), Falling For You (2003), The One You Really Want (2004), Making Your Mind Up (2006), Thinking of You (2007), An Offer You Can’t Refuse (2008), Rumour Has It (2009), Take A Chance on Me (2010)
Name: Sarah Mason
Biography: Sarah Mason is the author of Playing James, which won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 2003, Party Season and High Society. She grew up near the sea in Cornwall, but now lives in Cheltenham with her husband and two children.
Website: http://www.sarah-mason.co.uk/
Books: Playing James (2002), The Party Season (also known as Party Girl, 2003), High Society (also known as Society Girls, 2004), Sea Fever (2007)
Name: Carole Matthews
Biography: Carole Matthews’ fabulously funny romantic fiction enthrals readers throughout the world. She is a USA Today and Sunday Times bestseller and her work has been translated into twenty languages and sold to Hollywood. Carole lives in Milton Keynes with her partner, lovely Kev. When she’s not writing her novels, she travels to far-flung places, chats to her fans on Facebook and eats chocolate.
Website: http://www.carolematthews.com/
Books: Let’s Meet on Platform 8 (1997), A Whiff of Scandal (also known as A Scent of Scandal, 1998), More to Life Than This (1999), For Better, For Worse (2000), A Minor Indiscretion (2001), A Compromising Position (also known as Bare Necessity, 2002), The Sweetest Taboo (2003), With or Without You (2005), You Drive Me Crazy (2005), Welcome to the Real World (2006), The Chocolate Lovers’ Club (2007), The Chocolate Lovers’ Diet (2007), It’s A Kind of Magic (2008), All You Need Is Love (2008), The Difference A Day Makes (2009), That Loving Feeling (2009), It’s Now or Never (2010), The Only Way Is Up (2010)
Name: Abby McDonald
Biography: Twenty-four year old Abby McDonald grew up in Sussex, England and studied Politics, Philosophy & Economics at Oxford University. She began writing at college, becoming music editor of the Oxford Student and completing her first novel. She has since worked as a music journalist and entertainment critic, interviewing acts as diverse as LeAnn Rimes, The Kings of Leon, and Marilyn Manson. Her writing has appeared in the NME, Plan B magazine, CosmoGirl!, and a variety of websites and blogs. Her previous books are The Popularity Rules and the young adult book Life Swap.
Website: http://abbymcdonald.com/
Books: The Popularity Rules (2009), The Liberation of Alice Love (2010)
Name: Gil McNeil
Biography: Gil McNeil is the author of the bestselling The Only Boy for Me, Stand By Your Man, In The Wee Small Hours and most recently Divas Don’t Knit. The Only Boy For Me has been made into a major ITV prime-time drama starring Helen Baxendale and was broadcast in 2007. Gil McNeil has edited five collections of stories with Sarah Brown, and is Director of the charity PiggyBankKids, which supports projects that create opportunities for children. She lives in Kent with her son and comes from a long line of champion knitters.
Website: http://www.mcknits.co.uk/
Books: The Only Boy For Me (2001), Stand By Your Man (2004), In The Wee Small Hours (2005), Divas Don’t Knit (2007), Needles & Pearls (2008)
Name: Anna McPartlin
Biography: Anna McPartlin’s experience of losing her parents at a young age has given her a profound understanding of loss, surviving it and making the very best of life. Before becoming a full-time writer Anna was, among other things, a stand-up comedian and a claims adjuster. As well as novels, she writes TV comedy drama. She is in her mid-thirties and lives just outside Dublin with her husband, a musician.
Website: http://annamcpartlin.com/
Books: Pack Up The Moon (2006), Apart From The Crowd (also known as No Way To Say Goodbye, 2007), The Truth Will Out (also known as As Sure As The Sun, 2008), So What If I’m Broken? (also known as Alexandra, Gone, 2009)
Name: Susy McPhee
Biography: After an attempted career as a spy, which involved training rocket scientists in the former Soviet Union and winning a black belt in Shotokan karate, Susy McPhee settled down to her writing which has won competitions and been published in extracts by Legend Press, Writer’s Billboard and most recently Baineth Publications. She lives in Perthshire, Scotland.
Website: http://www.susymcphee.com/
Books: Husbands and Lies (2008), The Runaway Wife (2009)
Name: Holly McQueen
Biography: Holly McQueen has wanted to be a writer ever since discovering that the nuns at her junior school would let her off maths homework if she wrote a story instead. After unexpected detours via law, magazine journalism, and even musical theatre, she began writing her first novel in 2006. Holly lives with her husband in London. She still avoids maths.
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Books: The (Glamorous) Double Life of Isabel Bookbinder (2008), The Fabulously Fashionable Life of Isabel Bookbinder (2009), Confetti Confidential (2010)
Name: Jane Moore
Biography: Jane Moore is a columnist for the Sun and GQ magazine. She regularly presents investigative documentaries for Channel 4′s Dispatches, on subjects ranging from supermarket secrets and broiler chicken production, through to food labelling and Britain’s obesity crisis. She is also the author of the bestsellers Fourplay, The Ex-Files, Dot.Homme and The Second Wives Club. She lives in London.
Website: http://www.janemoore.com/
Books: Four Play (2001), The Ex Files (2003), Dot Homme (also known as Love At First Site, 2004), The Second Wives Club (2005), Perfect Match (2008)
Name: Eleanor Moran
Biography: Eleanor Moran is an executive producer of drama series at the BBC where her credits include Rome, Hotel Babylon and New Tricks. Her first novel, Stick or Twist, was published to great critical acclaim. This is her second novel.
Website: N/A
Books: Stick or Twist? (2008), Mr Almost Right (2009)
Name: Sinead Moriarty
Biography: Number one bestselling author Sinéad Moriarty lives in Dublin with her husband and their three children. Pieces of My Heart is her sixth novel.
Website: N/A
Books: The Baby Trail (2004), A Perfect Match (2005), From Here To Maternity (2006), In My Sister’s Shoes (2007), Whose Life Is It Anyway? (also known as Keeping It In The Family, 2008), Pieces of my Heart (2010)
Name: Kate Morris
Biography: Kate Morris lives in London with her husband, two children and one cat. This is her second novel.
Website: N/A
Books: Single Girl’s Diary (1997), The Seven Year Itch (2009)
Name: Miriam Morrison
Biography: Miriam Morrison used to live in Cumbria, where she was a journalist, teacher and hotelier, though not all at the same time. She now lives in Kent with her daughter, Emily (a genius in the kitchen) and a cat, Poppy (a genius at getting her own way). Miriam Morrison is also the author of Recipe for Disaster, which was published by Arrow in April 2008.
Website: N/A
Books: Recipe For Disaster (2008), The Cinderella Effect (2009)
Name: Clodagh Murphy
Biography: Clodagh Murphy was born in Dublin in 1961. She moved to London in the 1980s and lived there for several years. She currently lives in Dublin with her beloved laptop. She is an aunt to five nephews and one niece.
Website: http://www.clodaghmurphy.com/
Books: The Disengagement Ring (2009), Girl In A Spin (2010)
