Laura Marney Explained

Laura Marney is a Scottish novelist and short-story writer.

Biography

The author of five novels and numerous short stories, Laura Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers (Alan Bissett, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh).^[1]

Born and brought up in Glasgow, Marney co-founded a theatre group Theatre Raskolnikov there.^[2] Since "nobody else could be bothered", she also began writing scripts for the company.^[3]

Marney is a graduate of the MLitt course in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, and now teaches there.^[4] Her writing has been described as black humour.^[5] She also writes for radio.^[6]

Marney tutored Leela Soma, one of the 21 writers and 21 artists commissioned by Glasgow Women's Library in 2012 to create work to celebrate the 21st birthday of the organisation.

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)
• For Faughie's Sake (2014)

External links

• Interview in The Scotsman, (2004)
• Interview in Barcelona Review, (2005)
• Radio interview (2009)
• Short story: The Taste of Women, Mad Hatters Review, No.7, February 2007
• Short story: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Glasgow 2020
• Short story: And the winner is, Barcelona Review, Issue 50, October – December 2005
• Creative Writing at Glasgow University

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Book Group. MacLeod. Heather. 20 September 2005. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060505232316/http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLl/EngLit/grad/BOOK%20GROUP%202.pdf. 5 May 2006.
2. Web site: All you have to do is . . Robinson. David. 3 July 2004.
3. Barcelona Review interview, 2005
4. Web site: Authors > Laura Marney. Saraband. 3 February 2020.
5. Laura Marney cited by Jenny Brown in Web site: Dark and dour Scottish writing 'needs sexing up'. . 28 February 2005.
6. Web site: Laura Marney . Books from Scotland . 9 June 2020.