Lynne Barrett-Lee biography
Lynne Barrett-Lee was born in London and became a full time writer shortly after moving to Cardiff in 1994. She is the author of seven novels, including her acclaimed debut, Julia Gets a Life, in 2000, and more recently, Barefoot in the Dark (Accent 2006) which was shortlisted for the 2007 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance. Her novels have been translated into several languages and she has also contributed two titles (one ghostwritten for GMTV’s Fiona Phillips) to the UK’s Quick Reads Campaign, which provides easy-to-read books for adult emergent readers.
Lynne is a regular guest broadcaster on BBC Radio Wales and also writes a popular weekly column for the Western Mail Newspaper’s Saturday Magazine. She is married to Prof. Peter Barrett-Lee, the Cardiff-based Consultant Oncologist who treated Melanie Davies for breast cancer in 2001, which is how both the collaboration and the memoir 'Never Say Die' came about.
Links
- Author's website: http://www.lynnebarrett-lee.com
How I Found the Agency
I first came across Andrew's name following some email correspondence with the biographer and journalist Valerie Grove, which directed me to the Biographers' Club. As I was at that time also researching into where I might best find an agent experienced and successful in the world of biography and memoir (I'm first and foremost a novelist), and then seeing it come up again both in relation to the hugely successful titles Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet and Damaged, by Cathy Glass, it seemed fate was trying to tell me something. I telephoned Andrew straight away, and his professionalism and enthusiasm for the project impressed me greatly. It's been wonderful to see it so quickly translated to a publishing deal!
