Gemma Burgess





Gemma Burgess

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Gemma started writing anti-romantic comedies for girls who like chicklit that comforts and charms without the silly fluffy bits. She lives in Notting Hill in London, but grew up all over the place – mostly Hong Kong. She loves talking and writing, not necessarily in that order.

She also loves burgers, vodka, white-tipped Marlboro Lights, OK GO, Sixteen Candles, Lucky Jim, anything from Nora Ephron and Jilly Cooper, new wave music and clothes.

Email Gemma at gemma@gemmaburgess.com or get in touch with Sammie Rafique at Avon / Harper Collins, Laura Longrigg at MBA Literary Agents (London) or Jill Grinberg at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (New York).


Gemma Burgess isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but she does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from her feed.
I promised I'd keep Errol posts to a minumum. That this wouldn't become a baby blog, because there are so many blogs out there that write about babies and babylove far better than I ever could. But then we were hanging out this morning, just after waking up, and I thought I'd take some photos. They're a little wonky - c'mon, it was 7am, and I was holding the camera up with my hand.... but how... read more »
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Average rating: 4.09 · 1,118 ratings · 133 reviews · 3 distinct works
A Girl Like You
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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The Dating Detox
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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Männerfrei Roman
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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“I've discovered the secret to successful singledom. I'm acting like a man. And it's working.”
Gemma Burgess, A Girl Like You

“Abigail,’ he says. ‘I thought it was you.’
‘Hi!’ I say loudly. ‘Mark!’
‘Who?’ says Robert. Fuck, he doesn’t know his real name. Why do I give everyone stupid nicknames?
‘I almost don’t recognise you out of your SKINNY JEANS,’ I enunciate carefully. He’s wearing grey flannel trousers and a pink T-Shirt with leather Converses. He speaks clothes exceptionally confidently for a straight man. I wonder if he’d take me shopping.
‘Oh, right. Got it.’
‘That’s odd,’ says Skinny Jeans. ‘Since I was wearing nothing at all when you left my room without saying goodbye . . . let’s see, seven weeks ago?’
‘Um, yes. Well, you know . . .’ I trail off. Come on, Robert, I think desperately.
‘I’m sorry, were you planning on making me breakfast in bed?’ says Robert. Yes! Make a joke!
‘I’m sorry, were you planning on making me breakfast in bed?’ I say.
Skinny Jeans grins.
‘Scrambled eggs? Toast? On a little tray?’
‘Scrambled eggs? Toast? On a little tray with a rose on it?’ I say.
‘Don’t fuck with my script,’ says Robert, which makes me grin slightly more broadly”
Gemma Burgess

“The spark is the feeling that you´d rather be talking to him than any other person in the world.”
Gemma Burgess, A Girl Like You

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