Laura Marney (born 20th century) is a Scottish novelist and short-story writer.

Biography

The author of five novels and numerous short stories, Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers (Alan Bissett, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh).[1]

Born and brought up in Glasgow, Marney co-founded a theatre group Theatre Raskolnikov 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 the University of Glasgow, and now teaches there.[4]

Her writing has been described as black humour.[5] She also writes for radio.[6]

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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)

See also

References

  1. ^ MacLeod, Heather (20 September 2005). "The Book Group". Archived from the original on 5 May 2006.
  2. ^ Robinson, David (3 July 2004). "All you have to do is". The Scotsman
  3. ^ Barcelona Review interview, 2005
  4. ^ "Authors > Laura Marney". Saraband. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ^ Laura Marney cited by Jenny Brown in "Dark and dour Scottish writing 'needs sexing up'". The Scotsman. 28 February 2005.
  6. ^ "Laura Marney". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 9 June 2020.