Mike Gayle
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| Born | October 1970 Birmingham, England1 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Lad lit, Popular fiction |
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Mike Gayle (born October 1970, Birmingham) is an English author.[1]
Biography
Gayle was born in Quinton, Birmingham,to parents from Jamaica, and attended Lordswood Boys School where he was Head Boy.[2]
He studied Sociology and Journalism at university.[3]
He was a features editor and later an agony aunt for Just Seventeen and Bliss before he had his first novel published. He is friends with Danny Wallace who made Mike his Minister of Home Affairs, in the Kingdom of Lovely.
Gayle is a chick-lit author, although he has expressed a dislike for the term,[4] and freelance journalist contributing to a variety of magazines including FHM and Sunday Times Style.
He is the younger brother of broadcaster Phil Gayle.
He now lives in Harborne with his daughter and his wife Claire.[2]
Books (Novels)
- My Legendary Girlfriend (1998), Flame, ISBN 0-340-71816-1
- Mr. Commitment (1999), Flame, ISBN 0-340-71825-0
- Turning Thirty (2000), Flame, ISBN 0-340-76794-4
- Dinner for Two (2002), Flame, ISBN 0-340-82342-9
- His 'n' Hers (2004), ISBN 0-340-82537-5
- Brand New Friend (2005), ISBN 0-340-82539-1
- Wish You Were Here (2007), ISBN 0-340-82542-1
- The Life & Soul of the Party (2008), ISBN 0-340-82544-8
- The To Do List (2009), ISBN 0-340-93675-4
- The Importance of Being a Bachelor (2010), ISBN 0-340-91851-9
- The Stag and Hen Weekend (2012), ISBN 1444742825
- Turning Forty (2013), ISBN 978-0-340-91853-1
- Seeing Other People (2014)
References
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