Bernadette Strachan Explained

Bernadette Strachan
Birth Date:	1962 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Fulham, London, England
Period:	2002–present

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.^[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

• Next Door's Baby (2006)
• About Bill (2011)^[21]

External links

• Official website
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography from the author's site . 1 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180903164317/http://www.berniestrachan.com/bio.html . 3 September 2018 . dead .
2. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3359271.ece Next Door's Baby
3. http://www.hodder.co.uk/author_details.asp?author=24973 Hodder & Stoughton author biography
4. Web site: Bernie Strachan Website . 31 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180827125118/http://www.berniestrachan.com/ . 27 August 2018 . dead .
5. http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-article/three-book-mystery-deal-for-simon-and-schuster/ Simon & Schuster announcement in Book Brunch
6. http://www.hodder.co.uk/book_details.asp?book=51796 The Reluctant Landlady
7. http://www.hodder.co.uk/book_details.asp?book=51797 Handbags and Halos
8. http://www.hodder.co.uk/book_details.asp?book=59935 Diamonds and Daisies
9. http://www.hodder.co.uk/book_details.asp?book=59936 Little White Lies
10. http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Title/9780751542301 How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life
11. https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781405511018 Why Do We Have to Live with Men?
12. https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781405523387 The Valentine's Card
13. https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/claire-sandy/what-would-mary-berry-do What Would Mary Berry Do?
14. https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/claire-sandy/a-very-big-house-in-the-country A Very Big House In The Country
15. https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/claire-sandy/snowed-in-for-christmas Snowed In For Christmas
16. http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/These-Days-of-Ours/Juliet-Ashton/9781471155055 These Days of Ours
17. https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/claire-sandy/a-not-quite-perfect-family A Not Quite Perfect Family
18. http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Woman-at-Number-24/Juliet-Ashton/9781471158896 The Woman at Number 24
19. http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Sunday-Lunch-Club/Juliet-Ashton/9781471168383 The Sunday Lunch Club
20. http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Jess-Castle-and-the-Eyeballs-of-Death/M-B-Vincent/9781471168239 Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death
21. http://www.whatsonstage.com/off-west-end-theatre/news/11-2011/brief-encounter-with-matthew-strachan-and-bernie-g_6255.html interview