Jenny Colgan
| Jenny T. Colgan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 September 1972 Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Pen name |
Jenny Colgan, Jane Beaton, J. T. Colgan, Jenny T. Colgan |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 2000-present |
| Genre | Chick-lit |
| Notable awards | RoNA Award |
| Spouse | Andrew |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | |
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www | |
Jenny Colgan (born 14 September 1972 in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland) is a writer of romantic comedy fiction and science-fiction, and has written for the Doctor Who line of stories. She writes under her own name and using the pseudonyms Jane Beaton and J. T. Colgan.
Biography
Personal life
Jenny Colgan studied at Edinburgh University and worked for six years in the health service, moonlighting as a cartoonist and a stand-up comic.
She is married to Andrew, a marine engineer, and has three children, Wallace, Michael-Francis, and Delphie.[1] She splits her time between France and London.
In 2000, she published her first novel, the romantic comedy Amanda's Wedding. In 2013 her novel Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.[2]
In July 2012 her Doctor Who tie-in novel Dark Horizons was published under the name J. T. Colgan.[3]
Bibliography
As Jenny Colgan
Single novels
- Amanda's Wedding (2000)
- Looking for Andrew McCarthy (2001)
- Talking to Addison (2001)
- Working Wonders (2003) aka Arthur Project
- Do You Remember the First Time? (2004) aka The Boy I Loved Before
- Sixteen Again (2004)
- Where Have All the Boys Gone? (2005)
- West End Girls (2006)
- Operation Sunshine (2007)
- Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend (2008)
- The Good, the Bad and the Dumped (2010)
- The Loveliest Chocolate Shop In Paris (2013)
- The Little Beach Street Bakery (2014)
- Summer at little Beach Street Bakery (2015)
- Christmas at the Beach Street Bakery" (2016)
- The Bookshop on the Corner (2016) aka The Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After [4]
Cupcake Café
- Meet me at the Cupcake Café (2011)
- Christmas at the Cupcake Café (2012)
Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop
- Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams (2012)
- Christmas at Rosie Hopkins Sweet Shop (2013)
- The Christmas Surprise (2014)
As Jane Beaton
Maggie, a Teacher In Turmoil
- Class (2008)
- Rules (2010)
J. T. Colgan / Jenny T. Colgan
- Resistance is futile (2015)
Doctor Who
- Doctor Who: Dark Horizons (2012)
- Doctor Who: Into the Nowhere (2014)
- Doctor Who: In the Blood (2016)
References
- ↑ Jenny Colgan's Biography
- ↑ Awards by the Romantic Novelists' Association
- ↑ News, Doctor Who. "BBC Books: Dark Horizons".
- ↑ "Women's fiction - Jenny Colgan- Books - Chicklit". www.jennycolgan.com.
External links
- Jenny Colgan official site
- Simon & Schuster biography
- View from a broad (2006 Guardian article)
- Jenny Colgan on IMDb