Laurie Graham (born 25 November 1947 in
Leicester
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, England) is a journalist, radio scriptwriter and novelist. She lives in London.
Career
Graham is an occasional contributor to ''
The Spectator''. She wrote a weekly column for ''
The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''
Sunday Telegraph
''The Sunday Telegraph'' is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961 and published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings.
It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', kn ...
'' newspapers from 1987 to 1991. She was also Contributing Editor to ''She'' magazine and ''
Cosmopolitan
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Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
''. Graham has written twenty two
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
s and several volumes of non-fiction. Graham is published by
Quercus in the United Kingdom.
Bibliography
Fiction
*''The Importance of Being Kennedy'' (2007)
*''Gone With The Windsors'' (2005)
*''Mr Starlight'' (2004)
*''The Unfortunates'' (2002) published in the US as ''The Great Husband Hunt''
*''The Future Homemakers of America'' (2001)
*''Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights'' (2000)
*''The Dress Circle (1998)''
*''Perfect Meringues (1997)''
*''The Ten O’Clock Horses'' (1996)
*''The Man for the Job'' (1986)
*''Life according to Lubka'' (2010)
*''At Sea'' (2010) (1 July 2010)
*''A Humble Companion'' (2012)
*''The Liar's Daughter'' (2013)
*''The Grand Duchess of Nowhere'' (2014)
*''The Night in Question'' (2015)
*''The Early Birds'' (2017)
*''Anyone for Seconds?'' (2019)
*''Dr Dan's Casebook'' (2019)
*''Dr Dan, Married Man'' (2020)
*''Dr Dan Moves On'' (2020)
*''Dr Dan, Dr Dad'' (2021)
[(23 November 2010)]
Author interview: Laurie Graham
, ''women24'', Retrieved 10 December 2010[(13 July 2011)]
Quercus Author interview: Laurie Graham
, Retrieved 14 July 2011
Non-Fiction
*''Teenagers: A Family Survival Guide'' (1992)
*''Getting It Right: A Survival Guide to Modern Manners'' (1989)
*''A Marriage Survival Guide'' (1988)
*''A Parents’ Survival Guide'' (1986)
References
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1947 births
Living people
Writers from Leicester
English women novelists
English non-fiction writers
English columnists
English women columnists
British women columnists
English women non-fiction writers