Bernadette Strachan ( Gaughan, born 27 December 1962) is an English author of popular women's fiction and among the more popular writers of "chick lit".
Biography Strachan was born in Fulham, London, into an Irish Catholic family. Her Irish background is often incorporated into her writing, particularly in the semi-autobiographical musical Next Door's Baby which was written for London's Orange Tree Theatre with Matthew Strachan.Next Door's Baby, review in The Times, 13 February 2008 Prior to becoming an author, she worked in the media as a radio advertising producer and subsequently as an agent for voiceover artists.Hodder & Stoughton author biography
Her first novel, The Reluctant Landlady, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2004. Since then she has published three further novels with the same publisher. In 2009, her fifth book, How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life, followed in 2010 by Why Do We Have to Live with Men?, were both published by Little, Brown. In 2013, her seventh novel, The Valentine's Card, was published by Little, Brown, under the pseudonym of Juliet Ashton.
She has written a further three novels as Juliet Ashton for Simon & Schuster and four novels as Claire Sandy for Pan Macmillan. She also writes screen and theatre works under her maiden name of Bernie Gaughan. In 2017, Simon & Schuster announced that Strachan would be writing a crime thriller series with her composer husband Matthew Strachan under the pseudonym of M. B. Vincent.Simon & Schuster announcement in Book Brunch
Bibliography The Reluctant Landlady (2004)The Reluctant Landlady , Hodder & Stoughton Handbags and Halos (2005)Handbags and Halos , Hodder & Stoughton Diamonds and Daisies (2007)Diamonds and Daisies , Hodder & Stoughton Little White Lies (2008)Little White Lies , Hodder & Stoughton How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life (2009)How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life , Little, Brown Why Do We Have to Live with Men? (2010)Why Do We Have to Live with Men?, Little, Brown The Valentine's Card (2013)The Valentine's Card, Little, Brown What Would Mary Berry Do? (2014)What Would Mary Berry Do?, Pan Macmillan A Very Big House in the Country (2015)A Very Big House In The Country, Pan Macmillan Snowed in for Christmas (2015)Snowed In For Christmas, Pan Macmillan These Days of Ours (2016)These Days of Ours, Simon & Schuster A Not Quite Perfect Family (2017)A Not Quite Perfect Family, Pan Macmillan The Woman at Number 24 (2017)The Woman at Number 24, Simon & Schuster The Sunday Lunch Club (2018)The Sunday Lunch Club, Simon & Schuster Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death (2018)Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death, Simon & Schuster
Theatre Works Next Door's Baby (2006) About Bill (2011)interview, Whatsonstage
References
External links
Bernadette Strachan at Little, Brown Next Door's Baby at the Orange Tree Theatre website The Valentine's Card at Little, Brown Bernadette Strachan Bookseller interview Meet the Author - Bernadette Strachan entry