Laurie Graham is the author of eight novels. The Ten O'Clock Horses, was shortlisted for the Encore Award and dramatized for Radio 4, as was Perfect Meringues. Later titles are The Dress Circle, Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights, The Future Homemakers of America and The Unfortunates. In addition to her novels she writes original dramas and adaptations for BBC Radio. .Laurie is a former Daily Telegraph columnist and contributing editor to SHE magazine, and wrote the best-selling Parents' Survival Guide.Born and raised in Leicester, Laurie now lives in Venice with her American husband.Related websites: www.lauriegraham.com

Praise for Mr Starlight:'Mr Starlight is just as fresh and even more ambitious than Graham's previous bestsellers … She creates a Dickensian cast of absurd entertainers.'Guardian'A touching, convincing and uplifting book.'Daily MailPraise for The Unfortunates:‘You can’t help being charmed by a woman who describes being sexually smitten as “the same pleasant shock as the first time I touched a frog”. Wildly funny.’ Sunday Times‘She has wit and insight to match Nick Hornby, and the entertainment value of Helen Fielding.' Nicolette Jones, Independent'A marvel. Graham’s style is riveting, hilarious one-liners falling in quick succession.’ Anthea Lawson, The Times‘An irrepressible adventurer, Poppy is a comic combination of innocence and pluck, but although this is a brisk, breezy read, it’s also a novel with serious bite.’ Daily Mail

Laurie Graham is the author of eight novels. The Ten O'Clock Horses, was shortlisted for the Encore Award and dramatized for Radio 4, as was Perfect Meringues. Later titles are The Dress Circle, Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights, The Future Homemakers of America and The Unfortunates. In addition to her novels she writes original dramas and adaptations for BBC Radio. .Laurie is a former Daily Telegraph columnist and contributing editor to SHE magazine, and wrote the best-selling Parents' Survival Guide.Born and raised in Leicester, Laurie now lives in Venice with her American husband.Related websites: www.lauriegraham.com

Praise for Mr Starlight:'Mr Starlight is just as fresh and even more ambitious than Graham's previous bestsellers … She creates a Dickensian cast of absurd entertainers.'Guardian'A touching, convincing and uplifting book.'Daily MailPraise for The Unfortunates:‘You can’t help being charmed by a woman who describes being sexually smitten as “the same pleasant shock as the first time I touched a frog”. Wildly funny.’ Sunday Times‘She has wit and insight to match Nick Hornby, and the entertainment value of Helen Fielding.' Nicolette Jones, Independent'A marvel. Graham’s style is riveting, hilarious one-liners falling in quick succession.’ Anthea Lawson, The Times‘An irrepressible adventurer, Poppy is a comic combination of innocence and pluck, but although this is a brisk, breezy read, it’s also a novel with serious bite.’ Daily Mail

Laurie Graham is the author of eight novels. The Ten O'Clock Horses, was shortlisted for the Encore Award and dramatized for Radio 4, as was Perfect Meringues. Later titles are The Dress Circle, Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights, The Future Homemakers of America and The Unfortunates. In addition to her novels she writes original dramas and adaptations for BBC Radio. .Laurie is a former Daily Telegraph columnist and contributing editor to SHE magazine, and wrote the best-selling Parents' Survival Guide.Born and raised in Leicester, Laurie now lives in Venice with her American husband.Related websites: www.lauriegraham.com

Praise for Mr Starlight:'Mr Starlight is just as fresh and even more ambitious than Graham's previous bestsellers … She creates a Dickensian cast of absurd entertainers.'Guardian'A touching, convincing and uplifting book.'Daily MailPraise for The Unfortunates:‘You can’t help being charmed by a woman who describes being sexually smitten as “the same pleasant shock as the first time I touched a frog”. Wildly funny.’ Sunday Times‘She has wit and insight to match Nick Hornby, and the entertainment value of Helen Fielding.' Nicolette Jones, Independent'A marvel. Graham’s style is riveting, hilarious one-liners falling in quick succession.’ Anthea Lawson, The Times‘An irrepressible adventurer, Poppy is a comic combination of innocence and pluck, but although this is a brisk, breezy read, it’s also a novel with serious bite.’ Daily Mail