Stories To Make You Smile: The Reading Agency

Author Bio: Jenny Eclair

Author Bio: Veronica G. Henry

Veronica Henry worked as a scriptwriter before turning to fiction. In 2014, she won the UK’s Romance Novel of the Year Award.

Author Bio: Richard Madeley

Richard Madeley was born in 1956. He worked on local newspapers before moving to the BBC. He met Judy Finnigan when they both presented a news program on Granada television. Their eponymous television show ran for seven years and was an enormous success. Madeley has four children and lives in London and Cornwall.

Author Bio: Dorothy Koomson

Dorothy Koomson wrote her first (unpublished) novel when she was thirteen—and has been making up stories ever since. As a journalist she has written for several publications, including the Guardian, New Woman, and Cosmo. Her eight novels have all spent several weeks on the bestseller lists and have been translated into thirty languages across the world. Her seventh novel, The Ice Cream Girls, has also been adapted for television.

Author Bio: Helen Lederer

Helen Lederer was one of the first stand-up comediennes at the Comedy Store. Since then she has worked extensively in radio and television, with credits including Girls on Top, The Young Ones, Happy Families, and Naked Video. She has also written and performed several series of Life with Lederer for Radio 4, and her theater work includes Educating Rita and Having a Ball.