Midge Gillies
Midge Gillies(fl. c. 2000) is a British journalist, biographer and creative writing tutor.
She was educated atGirton College, Cambridge.She has written extensively for newspapers includingThe Guardianand theLos Angeles Times.She is the author of seven books, including biographies of the Britishmusic hallstarMarie Lloydand the pioneer woman aviatorAmy Johnson.Nicholas LezardreviewedThe Barbed-Wire UniversityinThe Guardian,calling it "a moving and eye-opening account of the lives of second world war [sic] PoWs by the daughter of a man who was captured. "[1] For three years she was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge and is currently Academic Director for Creative Writing at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.
Gillies is married and lives inEly.
Major works
[edit]- The Wedding Book.Bloomsbury, 1997.ISBN0-297-82982-3
- Business Writing.Marshall Publishing, 1999.ISBN1-84028-281-9
- Marie Lloyd: The One and Only.Gollancz, 1999.ISBN0-575-06420-X
- Amy Johnson: Queen of the Air.Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.ISBN0-297-82982-3
- Waiting For Hitler: Voices From Britain on the Brink of Invasion.Hodder & Stoughton, 2006.ISBN0-340-83798-5
- How to write Memoir & Biographies.Guardian News & Media, 2008
- Writing Lives: Literary Biography.Cambridge University Press, 2009.ISBN978-0521732314
- The Barbed-Wire University: The Real Lives of Allied Prisoners of War in the Second World War.Aurum, 2011.
She was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge For three years, and is currently Academic Director forCreative Writingat theUniversity of CambridgeInstitute of Continuing Education.
References
[edit]- ^"The Barbed-Wire University by Midge Gillies - review".The Guardian.12 June 2012.
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