Maggie Alderson

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London, The United Kingdom

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Hello I was born in London, brought up in Staffordshire and educated at the University of St Andrews.

I have edited four magazines: British ELLE and ES (I was Editor of the Year for that – get me) in London, then Cleo (acting editor) and Mode in Sydney. I also worked on the Evening Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Newspapers are my spiritual home. My column in Good Weekend magazine has been running for over ten years and has been collected into three books.

I have written five novels, and co-edited three books of short stories for the charity War Child. I have most recently co-edited an absolutely filthy book of rude stories, with my writer pals Kathy Lette, Jessica Adams and Imogen Edwards-Jones.

I currently live in Hastings Old Town o...more

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Maggie Alderson's Books

Average rating: 3.50 · 2,878 ratings · 268 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors

	Mad About The Boy 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 537 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pants On Fire 3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cents And Sensibility 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Handbags and Gladrags 3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How To Break Your Own Heart 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shall We Dance? 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Changes But You 3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	10 Short Stories You Must Read in 2010 by Maggie Alderson, Georgia Blain, Mark Dapin 3.14 of 5 stars 3.14 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoe Money 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Handbag Heaven 3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Men are appalling.. We never really grow up, well not on the inside. It's all just an act. Don't ever trust men, we're dreadful. Enjoy us, use us, abuse us, but never trust us." - HAM”
― Maggie Alderson, Cents And Sensibility

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