- Laura Marney
Laura Marney is a Scottish novelist and short-story writer.
Biography
Laura Marney was born and raised in
Glasgow . She studied Business Administration at university and afterwards helped found a theatre group. [Theatre Raskolnikov. See cite web|url=http://living.scotsman.com/books.cfm?id=749392004 |title=All you have to do is |work=The Scotsman | last=Robinson|first=David| date=2004-07-03] She ended up writing the scripts too because "nobody else could be bothered". [Interviewed in the Barcelona Review in 2005.] At various times she has worked as a drug rep, charity fundraiser and aerobics instructor. [cite web|url= http://www.list.co.uk/article/2112-day-jobs/ |title=Day Jobs |work=The List | last=Innes|first=Kirstin| date=2007-05-22] She is a single parent.Laura is an alumnus of the MLitt in Creative Writing at
Glasgow University , and now teaches there. She has written four novels and numerous short stories. Her writing has been described as both black humour [Laura Marney cited by Jenny Brown in cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=221262005 |title=Dark and dour Scottish writing 'needs sexing up'|work=The Scotsman | date=2005-02-28] and chick-lit. She has also written for radio and television.Laura Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers [cite web|url= http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLl/EngLit/grad/BOOK%20GROUP%202.pdf |title=The Book Group | last=MacLeod|first=Heather| date=2005-09-20] (
Alan Bissett , Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan andLouise Welsh ).Bibliography
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)External links
* [http://living.scotsman.com/books.cfm?id=749392004 Interview in The Scotsman] , (2004)
* [http://www.barcelonareview.com/50/e_int.htm Interview in Barcelona Review] , (2005)
* Short story: " [http://www.madhattersreview.com/issue7/viva_marney.shtml The Taste of Women] ", Mad Hatters Review, No.7, February 2007
* Short story: " [http://www.glasgow2020.co.uk/stories/story.php?story=46 Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow] ", [http://www.glasgow2020.co.uk/about/index.php Glasgow 2020]
* Short story: " [http://www.barcelonareview.com/50/e_lm.htm And the winner is] ", Barcelona Review, Issue 50, October - December 2005
* [http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/EngLit/grad/creative.html Creative Writing at Glasgow University]Notes
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