Laura Marney (born 20th century) is a Scottish novelist and short-story writer.
Biography The author of five novels and numerous short stories, Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers (Alan Bissett, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh).
Born and brought up in Glasgow, Marney co-founded a theatre group Theatre Raskolnikov there. Since "nobody else could be bothered", she also began writing scripts for the company.Barcelona Review interview, 2005
Marney is a graduate of the MLitt course in creative writing at the University of Glasgow, and now teaches there.
Her writing has been described as black humour.Laura Marney cited by Jenny Brown in She also writes for radio.
Novels
No Wonder I Take a Drink (2004) Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby (2005) Only Strange People Go to Church (2006) My Best Friend Has Issues (2008) For Faughie's Sake (2014)
See also
List of Scottish novelists List of Scottish short story writers List of University of Glasgow people
References
External links
Interview in The Scotsman, (2004) Interview in Barcelona Review, (2005) Radio interview (2009) Short story: The Taste of Women, Mad Hatters Review, No.7, February 2007 Short story: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Glasgow 2020 Short story: And the winner is, Barcelona Review, Issue 50, October – December 2005 Creative Writing at Glasgow University