Anna Maxted is an author based in

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, England.

Biography

Born in 1969, she is married to fellow author and journalist Philip Robinson and they have three young sons. She writes female contemporary fiction, which is viewed as being at the high end of the

chick lit "Chick lit" is a term used to describe a type of popular fiction targeted at women. Widely used in the 1990s and 2000s, the term has fallen out of fashion with publishers, with numerous writers and critics rejecting it as inherently sexist. Nove ...

market. Anna Maxted read English Literature at

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, before becoming a journalist. She is former Assistant Editor of ''

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'', and has freelanced for most national newspapers and magazines, including ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Living Etc''. Her first novel ''Getting Over It'', was semi-autobiographical and based very much around her experience of the death of her own father. It was a

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in ''

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''.
/ref> She is writing freelance writer for over 30 years. She does features for Times2 and the Weekend section since 2013.

Bibliography

*''Getting Over It'', July 2000,

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, US/Arrow, UK *''Running In Heels'', Sept 2001, ReganBooks, US/Arrow UK *''Behaving Like Adults'', August 2003 ReganBooks, US/Arrow, UK *''Being Committed'', June 2005, ReganBooks, US/Arrow UK *''A Tale of Two Sisters'', July 2006 Publisher: Dutton, US/William Heinemann, UK *''Rich Again'', December 2009, St. Martin's Griffin

References

*Danford N. Is Chick Lit Still Chic? Publishers Weekly. 2003;250(42):5-20. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=11125931&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site *Collins R. Behaving Like Adults (Book). Library Journal. 2003;128(5):115. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=9268122&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site *Smith C. Living the Life of a Domestic Goddess: Chick Lit's Response to Domestic-Advice Manuals. Women's Studies. 2005;34(8):671-699. doi:10.1080/00497870500359605 *Zaleski J. RUNNING IN HEELS (Book Review). Publishers Weekly. 2001;248(19):219. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=4428068&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site *Smothers , Joyce W. Getting Over It (Book Review). Library Journal. 2000;125(8):154. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=3080268&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site *Getting Over It. Baker & Taylor Author Biographies. January 2000:1. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=49268338&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site *Anna Maxted. Baker & Taylor Author Biographies. January 2000:1. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=49341891&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site English women novelists English women journalists Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge 1969 births Living people British chick lit writers English women non-fiction writers {{England-novelist-stub