Mike Gayle
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| Mike Gayle | |
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| Born | October 1970 Birmingham, England1 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genres | Lad lit, Popular fiction |
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www.mikegayle.co.uk |
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Mike Gayle (born October 1970 in Birmingham, England) is a British author.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Mr. Gayle is a chick-lit author and freelance journalist contributing to a variety of magazines including FHM and Sunday Times Style.
He was a features editor and later an agony aunt for Just Seventeen and Bliss before he had his first novel published. He is friends with Danny Wallace who made Mike his Minister of Home Affairs, in the Kingdom of Lovely.
He is the younger brother of Phil Gayle.
[edit] Books (Novels)
- My Legendary Girlfriend (1998), Flame, ISBN 0-340-71816-1
- Mr. Commitment (1999), Flame, ISBN 0-340-71825-0
- Turning Thirty (2000), Flame, ISBN 0-340-76794-4
- Dinner for Two (2002), Flame, ISBN 0-340-82342-9
- His 'n' Hers (2004), ISBN 0-340-82537-5
- Brand New Friend (2005), ISBN 0-340-82539-1
- Wish You Were Here (2007), ISBN 0-340-82542-1
- The Life & Soul of the Party (2008), ISBN 0-340-82544-8
- The To Do List (2009), ISBN 0-340-93675-4
- The Importance of Being a Bachelor (2010), ISBN 0-340-91851-9
His ninth book is a non-fiction novel called The To Do List, about his own efforts to complete a 1277-item To Do List.
[edit] References
- ^ Baldick, Chris (30 October 2008). The Oxford dictionary of literary terms. Oxford University Press US. pp. 181–. ISBN 9780199208272. http://books.google.com/books?id=mp0s9GgrafUC&pg=PA181. Retrieved 6 July 2011. "Other authors associated with this new wave of fictions about inadequate young British masculinities include Tony Parsons (Man and Boy, 1991), Tim Lott, and Mike Gayle."
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