| Michele Gorman | |
| Pseudonym: | Lilly Bartlett |
| Birth Place: | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Alma Mater: | University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Genre: | Chick lit, fiction |
| Notableworks: | Single in the City The Curvy Girls Club The Big Little Wedding in Carlton Square The Staycation |
Michele Gorman is an American-born British author.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Gorman is represented by Hardman & Swainson.[7] Her debut, Single in the City, was published by Penguin Books;[6] [8] Gorman has now published more than a dozen books with Notting Hill Press[9] in the US and Orion/Trapeze and HarperCollins in the UK and the rest of the world.[10] [11] [12] [4] She also writes cosy romantic comedies under the pen-name Lilly Bartlett.
Gorman was raised in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and her background is financial rather than literary. She went back to school full-time in Chicago for her master's degree in Sociology. In 1998 she moved to London where she worked as a market analyst for more than a decade.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Her first book, Single in the City, was published by Penguin Books in June 2010. In 2014 she signed with Avon (publisher), an imprint of HarperCollins[18] and in 2017 she moved to HarperImpulse for the publication of her Lilly Bartlett pen-named books.[19] In 2020 she signed with Orion/Trapeze for the publication of The Staycation.[12] Today she is a full-time author living in London.[13] [7]
In 2012, Gorman joined forces with fellow chick lit authors Talli Roland and Belinda Jones to found Notting Hill Press.[20] [21]
. Christmas Carol. 9781492242611. Notting Hill Press. 2013. Michele Gorman.
. Perfect Girl. 9781499179330. Notting Hill Press. 2014. Michele Gorman.
. The Curvy Girls Club. 9781499179330. HarperCollins. 2015. Michele Gorman.
. Love is a Four-Legged Word. 9781539062165. Notting Hill Press. 2016. Michele Gorman.
. The Big Little Wedding in Carlton Square. 9780008226589. HarperCollins. 2017. Michele Gorman.
. The Second Chance Cafe in Carlton Square. 9780008226602. HarperCollins. 2017. Michele Gorman.
. The Big Dreams Beach Hotel. 9780008226626. HarperCollins. 2017. Michele Gorman.
. Christmas at the Falling-Down Guesthouse. 9781502736253. Notting Hill Press. 2017. Michele Gorman.