Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell
Jewell in 2018
Jewell in 2018
Born (1968-07-19) 19 July 1968 (age 56)
London, England
LanguageEnglish
GenrePopular Fiction
Children2

Lisa Jewell (born 19 July 1968) is a British author of popular fiction. Her books include Ralph's Party, Thirtynothing, After The Party (a sequel to Ralph's Party),[1] Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs, Invisible Girl, and The Night She Disappeared.[2] Her latest book None of This Is True was published in July 2023. [3]

Life

Jewell was born in London and educated at St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School in Finchley, north London. After one day in the sixth form, she left school to do an art foundation course at Barnet College followed by a diploma in fashion illustration at Epsom School of Art & Design.

She worked in fashion retail for several years, particularly in Warehouse and Thomas Pink.[4]

After being made redundant, Jewell accepted her friend Yasmin Boland's challenge, to write three chapters of a novel in exchange for dinner at her favourite restaurant. Those three chapters eventually developed into Jewell's debut novel Ralph's Party, which became the UK's bestselling debut novel in 1999.[5][6]

In 2008 she was awarded the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance for her novel 31 Dream Street.[7]

She currently lives in Swiss Cottage, London, with her husband Jascha, and daughters Amelie Mae (born 2003) and Evie Scarlett (born 2007).[4]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Ralph's Party (1999)
  • Thirtynothing (2000)
  • One Hit Wonder (2001)
  • A Friend of the Family (2004)
  • Vince and Joy (2005)
  • 31 Dream Street (2007)
  • Roommates Wanted (2008) – alternative title for 31 Dream Street
  • The Truth About Melody Browne (2009)
  • After The Party (2010)[8]
  • The Making of Us (2011)[2]
  • Before I Met You (2012)[9]
  • The House We Grew Up In (2013)
  • The Third Wife (2014)
  • The Girls (aka The Girls in the Garden) (2015)
  • I Found You (2016)
  • Then She Was Gone (2017)
  • Watching You (2018)
  • The Family Upstairs (2019)
  • Invisible Girl (2020)
  • The Night She Disappeared (2021)
  • The Family Remains (2022)
  • None of This is True (2023)
  • Breaking the Dark (2024)[10]

References

  1. ^ Rbooks.co.uk Archived 16 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Amazon
  3. ^ "None of This is True (Goodreads), #2)". Goodreads. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b About Lisa Archived 30 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Lisa Jewell's website.
  5. ^ "Penguin's profile of Lisa Jewell". Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  6. ^ Hagestadt, Emma (21 September 2001). "Lisa Jewell: Inside the cappuccino conspiracy". The Independent. Retrieved 9 January 2011.[dead link]
  7. ^ Melissa Nathan Award For Comedy Romance website Archived 28 January 2013 at archive.today
  8. ^ Amazon
  9. ^ Amazon
  10. ^ Breaking the Dark. 4 July 2024.