Gil McNeil

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born

The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://www.mcknits.co.uk/

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Gil McNeil is the author of the bestselling The Only Boy for Me, Stand By Your Man, In The Wee Small Hours and most recently Divas Don’t Knit. The Only Boy For Me has been made into a major ITV prime-time drama starring Helen Baxendale and was broadcast in 2007. Gil McNeil has edited five collections of stories with Sarah Brown, and is Director of the charity PiggyBankKids, which supports projects that create opportunities for children. She lives in Kent with her son and comes from a long line of champion knitters.

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Books by Gil McNeil

Average rating: 3.67 · 3,133 ratings · 702 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club 3.63 avg rating — 1,766 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Needles and Pearls 3.76 avg rating — 875 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Knit One Pearl One: A Beach Street Knitting Society Novel 3.79 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Only Boy for Me 3.77 avg rating — 120 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Stand by Your Man 3.38 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	In the Wee Small Hours. Gil McNeil 3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings	My rating:
	the Beach Street knitting society and yarn club 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Mums: A Celebration of Motherhood by Gil McNeil, Sarah Brown (Editor) 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Soul Providers: Writings by Single Parents by Gil McNeil (Editor), Claire Rayner (Preface) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Journey To The Sea: A Wonderfully Escapist Collection of New Fiction and Travel Writing by Hugo Tagholm (Editor), Sarah Brown (Editor), Gil McNeil (Editor) 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005	My rating:

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Jo Mackenzie (3 books)
by Gil McNeil

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Quotes by Gil McNeil

“I hate Earl Grey with a passion. It's like drinking stale perfume...”
― Gil McNeil, The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club

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“It's much easier than I thought it would be."
Most things in knitting are, really.”
― Gil McNeil, The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club

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