| Chrissie Glazebrook | |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1945[1] [2] |
| Death Place: | Scarborough, England |
| Occupation: | Arts administrator, writer, secretary, journalist, broadcaster |
| Nationality: | British |
| Website: | Shuffling Off |
Chrissie Glazebrook, adopted as Christine Ann Wright (19 March 1945 – 7 December 2007) was a British writer, known for her novel The Madolescents (2001).
Glazebrook was adopted at 8 weeks by Mary and Ernest Wright and brought up in the Black Country.[1] [2] [3] She was educated at Cannock Grammar School and then did a secretarial course.[2] She married in the late 1960s and moved to Scarborough.[1] [2] [3] She was divorced a few years later.[1] [2] [3]
Before her writing career, Glazebrook had a number of jobs, including in a zoo and managing a vegetarian restaurant.[2] She also worked at the Stephen Joseph Theatre.[4] From 1982 to 1990 she worked as a freelance writer and broadcaster.[2] She wrote for the magazine Jackie.[2] [1] [3] She produced Flavour of the Month, a cookery programme, for Tyne Tees Television, and also worked as a television presenter for Tyne Tees.[1] [2] [3]
In 1991 Glazebrook became an Arts Administrator at Northern Arts.[1] [2] She was one of the founders of ProudWORDS, a gay and lesbian literature festival.[1] [2] [3] In 1998 Glazebrook completed an MA in creative writing at Northumbria University.[1] [3] [5]
Her first novel, The Madolescents, was published in 2001.[1] [2] [3] Ray French said of the teenage narrator that "Rowena's cynical, fragile, vulgar voice is a delight".[6]
Glazebrook was part of a network of Northern writers, particularly women, including Julia Darling.[1] [2] [3]
Glazebrook had depression.[1] [2] [3]
In 2006 she was diagnosed with liver and bowel cancer.[1] [2] [3] She died the following year in Scarborough, supported by her family.[1] [2] [3]
Glazebrook's publications include:[7]