Judy Astley

Judy Astley is an English illustrator and author of over 20 novels all published by Black Swan. Her first novel was published in 1994 since when she has published one novel nearly every year. She has also written articles for The Times.[1] as well as short stories for My Weekly and Woman magazines.[1]

Biography

Judy Astley was born in Blackburn, Lancashire[2] though has spent most of her life in Twickenham. Before becoming an author she spent some time as a freelance designer and dressmaker for Liberty.[1] She is married to record producer Jon Astley[3] and has two adult daughters.[4]

Bibliography

Children's books

  • When One Cat Woke Up: A Cat Counting Book (1990)

Novels

  • Just for the Summer (1994)
  • Pleasant Vices (1995)
  • Seven for a Secret (1996)
  • Muddy Waters (1997)
  • Every Good Girl (1998)
  • The Right Thing (1999)
  • Excess Baggage (2000)
  • No Place for a Man (2001)
  • Unchained Melanie (2002)
  • Away from It All (2003)
  • Size Matters (2004)
  • All Inclusive (2005)
  • Blowing It (2006)
  • Laying the Ghost (2007)
  • Other People's Husbands (2008)
  • The Look of Love (2011)
  • I Should Be So Lucky (2012)
  • In the Summertime (2013)
  • It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (2014)
  • A Merry Mistletoe Wedding (2015)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Acclaimed British Novelist". Judyastley.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 24 June 2002 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "News". Virginiaastley.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Judy Astley". Rbooks.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2015.


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