Lisa Jewell (born 19 July 1968) is a British author of popular fiction. Her books include ''Ralph's Party'', ''Thirtynothing'', ''After The Party'' (a sequel to ''Ralph's Party''), and later ''Then She Was Gone'', ''The Family Upstairs'', ''Invisible Girl and The Night She Disappeared''.
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Life
Jewell was born in London and educated at St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic Grammar School for girls, and boys in the sixth form, situated in Finchley, Barnet, London. Its current headmaster is Mr Michael Stimpson.
History
The school was found ...
in Finchley, north London
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, leaving school after one day in the sixth form to do an art foundation course at Barnet College
Barnet and Southgate College is a further education college in North London, England. The current college was established in 2011. It has three main campuses and two other learning centres in the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough o ...
followed by a diploma in fashion illustration at Epsom School of Art & Design.
She worked in fashion retail for several years, namely Warehouse
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and Thomas Pink
Thomas Pink Limited is a British shirt-maker. It was established in London in 1984 by three Irish brothers – James, Peter and John Mullen. From 1999 it was part of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy group. In 2018 it lost £23.5 million. The c ...
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After being made redundant, Jewell accepted a challenge from her friend, Yasmin Boland Yasmin, Yasmine, or Yasmina may refer to:
People
* Yasmin (given name), a feminine given name, and sometimes surname
* Yasmin (musician) (born 1993), English singer, songwriter, and DJ
* Yasmine (pornographic actress), Yasmine Lafitte, French actre ...
, to write three chapters of a novel in exchange for dinner at her favourite restaurant. Those three chapters were eventually developed into Jewell's debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to ...
''Ralph's Party'', which then became the UK's bestselling debut novel in 1999.
In 2008 she was awarded the Melissa Nathan Award For Comedy Romance for her novel ''31 Dream Street''.
She currently lives in Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage is an area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, England. It is centred on the junction of Avenue Road and Finchley Road and includes Swiss Cottage tube station. Swiss Cottage lies north-northwest of Charing Cross. ...
, London with her husband Jascha, and daughters Amelie Mae (born 2003) and Evie Scarlett (born 2007).[
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Bibliography
Novels
* ''Ralph's Party'' (1999)
* ''Thirtynothing'' (2000)
* ''One Hit Wonder'' (2001)
* ''A Friend of the Family'' (2004)
* '' Vince and Joy'' (2005)
* ''31 Dream Street'' (2007)
* ''Roommates Wanted'' (2008) – alternative title for 31 Dream Street
* ''The Truth About Melody Browne'' (2009)
* ''After The Party '' (2010)
* ''The Making of Us '' (2011)
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* ''The House We Grew Up In'' (2013)
* ''The Third Wife'' (2014)
* ''The Girls'' (aka The Girls in the Garden) (2015)
* ''I Found You'' (2016)
* ''Then She Was Gone'' (2017)
* ''Watching You'' (2018)
* ''The Family Upstairs'' (2019)
* ''Invisible Girl'' (2020)
* ''The Night She Disappeared'' (2021)
* ''The Family Remains'' (2022)
* ''None of This is True'' (2023)
References
External links
Lisa Jewell's official Facebook Page
Lisa Jewell's Twitter profile
Lisa Jewell official site
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1968 births
English women novelists
British chick lit writers
Living people
People from Finchley
People educated at St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School
Writers from London