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Jenny Colgan

Scotland (b.1972)

aka Jane Beaton, Jenny T Colgan

Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels - Little Beach Street Bakery and the Top 5 bestseller Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams, which won the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel Award 2013. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café was also a Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller, and won the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance 2012.

Jenny is married with three children and lives in Scotland.

Awards: RNA (2013) see all

Genres: Romance, General Fiction, Children's Fiction

New and upcoming books

June 2025

Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages

October 2025

The Secret Christmas Library

Series

Maggie Adair / Little School by the Sea
   1. Class (2008)
     aka Welcome to the School by the Sea
   2. Rules (2010)
     aka Rules at the School by the Sea
   3. Lessons (2019)
     aka Lessons at the School by the Sea
   4. Studies (2024)
     aka Studies at the School by the Sea

Cupcake Cafe
1. Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe (2011)
2. Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe (2012)

Rosie Hopkins
   1. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams (2012)
     aka Sweetshop of Dreams
   2. Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop (2013)
   3. The Christmas Surprise (2014)

Little Beach Street Bakery
   1. The Little Beach Street Bakery (2014)
   2. Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery (2015)
   3. Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery (2016)
   4. Sunrise by the Sea (2021)

Polly and the Puffin
   1. Polly and the Puffin (2015)
   2. The Stormy Day (2016)
   3. The New Friend (2017)
   4. The Happy Christmas (2017)

Kirrinfief
   1. The Bookshop on the Corner (2016)
     aka The Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After
   2. The Bookshop on the Shore (2019)
   3. Five Hundred Miles From You (2020)

Mure
   0.5. A Very Distant Shore (2017)
   1. The Summer Seaside Kitchen (2017)
     aka The Cafe by the Sea
   2. The Endless Beach (2018)
   3. An Island Christmas (2018)
     aka Christmas on the Island
   4. Christmas at the Island Hotel (2020)
   5. An Island Wedding (2022)
   6. The Summer Skies (2023)
   7. Close Knit (2024)

Lessons Serialization
   1. Lessons: Part 1 (2018)
   2. Lessons: Part 2 (2018)
   3. Lessons: Part 3 (2019)

Christmas Bookshop
1. The Christmas Bookshop (2021)
2. Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (2023)

Novels

   Talking to Addison (2000)
     aka My Very '90s Romance
   Amanda's Wedding (2000)
   Looking for Andrew McCarthy (2001)
   Working Wonders (2003)
     aka Arthur Project
   Do You Remember the First Time? (2004)
     aka The Boy I Loved Before
   Where Have All the Boys Gone? (2005)
   West End Girls (2006)
   The Good, the Bad and the Dumped (2007)
   Operation Sunshine (2007)
   Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (2008)
   The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris (2013)
   Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages (2025)
   The Secret Christmas Library (2025)

Collections

Scottish Girls About Town (2003) (with others)

Series contributed to

Quick Reads 2017
A Very Distant Shore (2017)

Amazon Original Stories
The Christmas Book Hunt (2024)

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Jenny Colgan

The Anniversary (2016)
edited by
Veronica Henry

The Atheist's Guide to Christmas (2010)
edited by
Robin Harvie and Stephenie Meyer

The Weekenders: Adventures in Calcutta (2004)
edited by
Andrew O'Hagan

More books

Awards

2013 RNA: Romantic Novel Award : Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams

Award nominations

2025 RNA: Shorter Romantic Novel Award (finalist) : The Christmas Book Hunt

Jenny Colgan recommends

Death at the White Hart (2025)
Chris Chibnall
"Brilliant characterization and fabulous suspense - as unputdownable as you'd expect from the writer of Broadchurch."

Don't Make Me Laugh (2025)
Julia Raeside
"This is an honest, funny, devastating and timely book."

So Thrilled For You (2025)
Holly Bourne
"What an excellent, acid-sharp read Holly's book is."