Laura Marney
Laura Marney is a Scottish novelist and short-story writer.
Biography
Laura was born on 12 January. The author of five novels and numerous short stories, Laura Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers[1] (Alan Bissett, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh).
Born and brought up in Glasgow Marney co-founded a theatre group there.[2] Since "nobody else could be bothered", she also began writing scripts for the company.[3]
Marney is a graduate of the MLitt course in Creative Writing at Glasgow University, and now teaches there. Her writing has been described as black humour.[4] She also writes for radio.
Marney tutored Leela Soma, one of the 21 writers and 21 artists commissioned by Glasgow Women's Library in 2012 to create work to celebrate the 21st birthday of the organisation.
Bibliography
Novels
- No Wonder I Take A Drink (2004)
- Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby (2005)
- Only Strange People Go to Church (2006)
- My Best Friend has Issues (2008)
- For Faughie's Sake (2014)
Notes
- ^ MacLeod, Heather (20 September 2005). "The Book Group" (PDF).
- ^ Theatre Raskolnikov. See Robinson, David (3 July 2004). "All you have to do is". The Scotsman.
- ^ Interviewed in the Barcelona Review in 2005.
- ^ Laura Marney cited by Jenny Brown in "Dark and dour Scottish writing 'needs sexing up'". The Scotsman. 28 February 2005.
External links
- Interview in The Scotsman, (2004)
- Interview in Barcelona Review, (2005)
- Radio interview (2009)
- Short story: The Taste of Women, Mad Hatters Review, No.7, February 2007
- Short story: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Glasgow 2020
- Short story: And the winner is, Barcelona Review, Issue 50, October - December 2005
- Creative Writing at Glasgow University
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