Kate Long

For the storyteller and songwriter, seeKate Long (storyteller).For other people, seeKate Long (disambiguation).

Kate Long(born 1964) is an English author. She is best known for the number one bestselling novelThe Bad Mother's Handbook.She lives inWhitchurchinShropshire..

Biography

Kate Long was born in 1964 and raised inBlackrod,a village betweenWiganandBolton,and was educated atBolton School.At 18 she left home to study English atBristol University,where she graduated with a First Class Honours degree, then trained as a teacher inExmouthfor a year. For over a decade, she taught atAbbey Gate College,a secondary school just outsideChester.

Her first novel,The Bad Mother's Handbookwas published by Picadorin 2004, was serialized onBBC Radio Four'sBook at Bedtimeand nominated for a British Book Award. The film rights were bought by Ruby Films andITVproduced the TV version in February 2007 which starredCatherine Tate.Since then she has written eight other novels:Swallowing Grandma,Queen Mum,The Daughter Game,Mothers and Daughters(first published as 'A Mother's Guide to Cheating'),Before She Was Mine,Bad Mothers Unitedwhich is the sequel toThe Bad Mother's Handbook,andSomething Only We Know.

As well as novels, Long has written forBBC Wildlife Magazine,collaborated with Hugh Warwick, Melissa Harrison and Carolyn Jess-Cooke on their collections of non-fiction essays, and had short stories published inWoman's Own,Woman & Home,theSunday Expressmagazine and theSunday Night Book Clubanthology.

Her latest book,Boost Creative Writing Confidence at KS2,is a guide on how to teach creative writing to children. She blogs weekly about how to engage children with exciting, accessible poetry and stories.

External links

• Long Official Website
• https://schoolwritingclub.blogspot /