Bernadette Strachan

Bernadette Strachan (née Gaughan, born 27 December 1962) is an English author of popular women's fiction and among the more popular writers of "chick lit".

Bernadette Strachan
Strachan in 2014
Strachan in 2014
Born (1962-12-27) 27 December 1962
Fulham, London, England
Pen name
  • Bernadette Strachan
  • Juliet Ashton
  • Claire Sandy
  • M. B. Vincent
Occupation
Period2002–present
Genre
Spouse
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(m. 2001; died 2021)​
Website
berniestrachan.com

Biography

Strachan was born in Fulham, London, into an Irish Catholic family.[1] 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.[2] Prior to becoming an author, she worked in the media as a radio advertising producer and subsequently as an agent for voiceover artists.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Bibliography
  • The Reluctant Landlady (2004)[6]
  • Handbags and Halos (2005)[7]
  • Diamonds and Daisies (2007)[8]
  • Little White Lies (2008)[9]
  • How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life (2009)[10]
  • Why Do We Have to Live with Men? (2010)[11]
  • The Valentine's Card (2013)[12]
  • What Would Mary Berry Do? (2014)[13]
  • A Very Big House in the Country (2015)[14]
  • Snowed in for Christmas (2015)[15]
  • These Days of Ours (2016)[16]
  • A Not Quite Perfect Family (2017)[17]
  • The Woman at Number 24 (2017)[18]
  • The Sunday Lunch Club (2018)[19]
  • Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death (2018)[20]

Theatre Works

References
  1. "Biography from the author's site". Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. Next Door's Baby, review in The Times, 13 February 2008
  3. Hodder & Stoughton author biography
  4. "Bernie Strachan Website". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  5. Simon & Schuster announcement in Book Brunch
  6. The Reluctant Landlady Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hodder & Stoughton
  7. Handbags and Halos Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hodder & Stoughton
  8. Diamonds and Daisies Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hodder & Stoughton
  9. Little White Lies Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Hodder & Stoughton
  10. How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Little, Brown
  11. Why Do We Have to Live with Men?, Little, Brown
  12. The Valentine's Card, Little, Brown
  13. What Would Mary Berry Do?, Pan Macmillan
  14. A Very Big House In The Country, Pan Macmillan
  15. Snowed In For Christmas, Pan Macmillan
  16. These Days of Ours, Simon & Schuster
  17. A Not Quite Perfect Family, Pan Macmillan
  18. The Woman at Number 24, Simon & Schuster
  19. The Sunday Lunch Club, Simon & Schuster
  20. Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death, Simon & Schuster
  21. interview, Whatsonstage
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