by librarians | Nov 18, 2019 | Children, Writers
Livi Michael Biography I was born near Manchester and still live there – it features in many of my books. I wanted to write from the age of seven. My first book (for adults) was about growing up on a council estate in Greater Manchester. My first books for...
by librarians | Nov 18, 2019 | Children, Writers
Rose Miller Biography I was born in Levenshulme, Manchester in 1943. My education began at St Andrew’s School in Levenshulme, Manchester, and my secondary education was at Chorlton Central School. I left school when I was 15 and went to work in an insurance...
by librarians | Nov 18, 2019 | Crime, Writers
Margaret Murphy Biography A.D. Garrett is the pseudonym for prize-winning novelist Margaret Murphy working in consultation with policing and forensics expert, Helen Pepper. Margaret Murphy has published nine internationally acclaimed psychological thrillers under her...
by librarians | Nov 18, 2019 | Contemporary Fiction, Poetry, Writers
Cath Nichols Biography Volunteer, mental health worker, waitress, ceramic artist, photographer, student, artists’ model, journalist, broadcaster, club promoter, project manager, poetry promoter… What has stuck longest is being a writer Genre...
by librarians | Nov 18, 2019 | Poetry, Writers
Andrew Oldham Biography Andrew Oldham is an international award winning writer and poet. His poetry has been heard on BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please and has been read in Ambit, The London Magazine, North American Review and Poetry Salzburg. His first...