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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.
Jenny is married with three children and lives in Scotland.
Genres: Romance, General Fiction, Children's Fiction
Series
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)
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 the Little Beach Street Bakery (2015)
3. Christmas at the Little Beach Street Bakery (2016)
4. Sunrise by the Sea (2021)
1. The Little Beach Street Bakery (2014)
2. Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery (2015)
3. Christmas at the 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)
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. 500 Miles from You (2020)
1. The Bookshop on the Corner (2016)
aka The Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After
2. The Bookshop on the Shore (2019)
3. 500 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. Christmas on the Island (2018)
aka An Island Christmas
4. Christmas at the Island Hotel (2020)
5. An Island Wedding (2022)
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. Christmas on the Island (2018)
aka An Island Christmas
4. Christmas at the Island Hotel (2020)
5. An Island Wedding (2022)
Maggie Adair
0. Lessons (2019)
1. Lessons: Part 1 (2018)
2. Lessons: Part 2 (2018)
3. Lessons: Part 3 (2019)
0. Lessons (2019)
1. Lessons: Part 1 (2018)
2. Lessons: Part 2 (2018)
3. Lessons: Part 3 (2019)
Little School by the Sea
1. Welcome to the School by the Sea (2022)
2. Rules at the School by the Sea (2022)
3. Lessons at the School by the Sea (2023)
1. Welcome to the School by the Sea (2022)
2. Rules at the School by the Sea (2022)
3. Lessons at the School by the Sea (2023)
Novels
Amanda's Wedding (1999)
Talking to Addison (2000)
aka My Very '90s Romance
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)
The Christmas Bookshop (2021)
The Summer Skies (2023)
Talking to Addison (2000)
aka My Very '90s Romance
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)
The Christmas Bookshop (2021)
The Summer Skies (2023)
Omnibus
Talking to Addison / Amanda's Wedding (2000)
West End Girls / Operation Sunshine (2010)
Jenny Colgan 3-Book Collection (2014)
Jenny Colgan Collection 5 Books Set (2021)
Jenny Colgan Collection 11 Books Set (2022)
West End Girls / Operation Sunshine (2010)
Jenny Colgan 3-Book Collection (2014)
Jenny Colgan Collection 5 Books Set (2021)
Jenny Colgan Collection 11 Books Set (2022)
Collections
Scottish Girls About Town (2003) (with Leila Aboulela, Katie Agnew, Abigail Bosanko, Carol Anne Davis, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray, Julia Hamilton, Morag Joss, Tania Kindersley, Helen Lamb, Miller Lau (Deborah J Miller), Shari Low, Lennox Morrison, Sian Preese, Carmen Reid, Manda Scott, Sara Sheridan and Aline Templeton)
Series contributed to
Awards
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Jenny Colgan recommends
Gold (2007)
Dan Rhodes
"Whilst remaining as funny and original as ever, Gold is maybe Rhodes' most adult, moving book yet. Unforgettable."
One Day (2009)
David Nicholls
"The funniest, loveliest book I've read in ages. Most of all it is horribly, cringingly, absolutely 100% honest and true to life: I lived every page."
The Library At the Edge of the World (2016)
(Finfarran, book 1)
Felicity Hayes-McCoy
"A charming and heartwarming story."
The Summer Of Impossible Things (2017)
Rowan Coleman
"Gorgeous, glowing, heartbreaking and wonderful - Rowan's best novel to date."
The Woman in the Window (2018)
A J Finn
"Dense, brilliant and unforgettable; tight in focus, widescreen in execution."
The Man I Think I Know (2018)
Mike Gayle
"Mike is always wise and wonderful, but this is a whole new departure for him - read it!"
Where The Light Gets In (2018)
Lucy Dillon
"I always find Lucy Dillon's books so overflowing with wit and wisdom."
Daisy Cooper's Rules for Living (2020)
Tamsin Keily
"Fun, fresh--a brilliant love story with a twist."
Devolution (2020)
Max Brooks
"Devolution is by Max Brooks, who wrote the stone cold classic that is World War Z, so I will follow him pretty much anywhere. Few things are pleasanter to read when cosy in bed than utterly dreadful dystopian things happening to somebody else."
Invisible Girl (2020)
Lisa Jewell
"A breathtakingly brilliant novel by an author at the absolute top of her game."
The Lost Storyteller (2021)
Amanda Block
"A powerful novel about the bond between fathers and daughters, and how stories connect us all. I loved it."
Woman of a Certain Rage (2021)
Georgie Hall
"Fierce, brilliant, honest and very, very funny – this book is a must."
The Start of Something (2022)
Miranda Dickinson
"Miranda is such a big-hearted, generous writer, full of warmth and love."
One Day I Shall Astonish the World (2022)
Nina Stibbe
"Nina Stibbe is not just very funny but absolutely life-affirming."
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