Biography

The author of four novels and numerous short stories, Laura Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers (Alan Bissett

Alan Bissett

Alan Bissett is an author and playwright from Hallglen, an area of Falkirk in Scotland. After the publication of his first two novels, Boyracers and The Incredible Adam Spark, he became known for his different take on Scots dialect writing, evolving a style specific to Falkirk, suffused with...

, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan

Zoe Strachan

Zoë Strachan is a Scottish novelist, journalist and university tutor.-Biography:Strachan grew up in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. She studied Archeology and Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, followed by a MPhil in Creative Writing at the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. She later became a...

 and Louise Welsh

Louise Welsh

Louise Welsh is an author of short stories and novels, based in Glasgow, Scotland.Welsh studied History at Glasgow University and traded in second-hand books for several years before publishing her first novel....

).

Born and brought up in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 Marney co-founded a theatre group there. Since nobody else could be bothered, she also began writing scripts for the company.

Marney is an alumnus of the MLitt

Master of Letters

The Master of Letters is a postgraduate degree.- United Kingdom :The MLitt is a postgraduate degree awarded by a select few British and Irish universities, predominantly within the ancient English and Scottish universities.- England :Within the English University system MLitts are not universally...

 in Creative Writing at Glasgow University, and now teaches there. Her writing has been described as both black humour and chick-lit. She also writes for radio.

Novels

• No Wonder I Take A Drink (2004)
• Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby (2005)
• Only Strange People Go to Church (2006)
• My Best Friend has Issues (2008)

External links

• Interview in The Scotsman, (2004)
• Interview in Barcelona Review, (2005)
• Radio interview (2009)
• Short story: The Taste of Women, Mad Hatters Review, No.7, February 2007
• Short story: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Glasgow 2020
• Short story: And the winner is, Barcelona Review, Issue 50, October - December 2005
• Creative Writing at Glasgow University