Sunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane was born in Scotland in 1976 and her unnecessarily confusing name is pronounced Vah-Ree. After some efforts at journalism, she started writing fiction and her debut, You Had Me at Hello, was an instant success. She’s since sold over 4.5 million copies of her books worldwide. She lives in Nottingham with a man and, sadly for the time being, no cat.

'Warm without being sloppy, sharp without being smug, and romantic without being ridiculous. McFarlane writes with a kind of relaxed confidence that makes it feel as though you are in safe hands – you can trust her with tone, with character, and the emotional landing' Sunday Mail

Sunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane was born in Scotland in 1976 and her unnecessarily confusing name is pronounced Vah-Ree. After some efforts at journalism, she started writing fiction and her debut, You Had Me at Hello, was an instant success. She’s since sold over 4.5 million copies of her books worldwide. She lives in Nottingham with a man and, sadly for the time being, no cat.

'Warm without being sloppy, sharp without being smug, and romantic without being ridiculous. McFarlane writes with a kind of relaxed confidence that makes it feel as though you are in safe hands – you can trust her with tone, with character, and the emotional landing' Sunday Mail