Author of the Week: Maggie Alderson
October 8th, 2009 by Leah
This week’s author of the week is the fab Maggie Alderson. I’m a huge fan of hers and have read two of her novels: Mad About the Boy and Handbags and Gladrags and loved them both. Maggie is also the author of Pants on Fire, Cents & Sensibility and the recently released How To Break Your Own Heart. I will hopefully be reviewing How To Break Your Own Heart by the end of the year so look out for that. Here’s Maggie’s auto-biography from her site:
I was born in London, brought up in Staffordshire and educated at the University of St Andrews. I have edited four magazines: British ELLE and ES (I was Editor of the Year for that – get me) in London, then Cleo (acting editor) and Mode in Sydney. I also worked on the Evening Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald. Newspapers are my spiritual home. My column in Good Weekend magazine has been running for over ten years and has been collected into three books. I currently live in Hastings Old Town on the south coast of England, with my husband and six-year old daughter, but I move a lot. I have about 150 pairs of shoes and I am currently writing another novel.
Maggie’s writing is hilarious and incredibly readable. Mad About The Boy captivated me and I couldn’t stop reading it. I also thought Handbags and Gladrags was outstanding. I’d wholly recommend you read one of Maggie’s books. If I was you, I’d start with Mad About The Boy – Uncle Percy is hilarious. With any luck, Maggie is working on a sixth book and I look forward to reading those of Maggie’s I have yet to read!
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