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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.

Genres: Romance, Children's Fiction, General Fiction

Series

Maggie Adair
   1. Class (2008) (as by Jane Beaton)
   2. Rules (2010) (as by Jane Beaton)
   3. Lessons (2019)

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 the Little Beach Street Bakery (2015)
   3. Christmas at the Little Beach Street Bakery (2016)

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)

Mure
   1. The Summer Seaside Kitchen (2017)
     aka The Cafe by the Sea
   2. A Very Distant Shore (2017)
   3. The Endless Beach (2018)
   4. Christmas on the Island (2018)
     aka An Island Christmas

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

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)
   Operation Sunshine (2007)
   Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (2008)
   The Good, the Bad and the Dumped (2009)
   The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris (2013)
   The Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After (2016)
     aka The Bookshop on the Corner
   The Bookshop on the Shore (2019)
   500 Miles from You (2020)
   Christmas at the Island Hotel (2020)

Omnibus

   Talking to Addison / Amanda's Wedding (2000)
   West End Girls / Operation Sunshine (2010)
   Jenny Colgan 3-Book Collection (2014)
   Endless Beach / Summer Seaside Kitchen / Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery (2018)
   Jenny Colgan Collection 3 Books Set (2018)

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

Quick Reads 2017
A Very Distant Shore (2017)

Awards

Romantic Novel of the Year Award Best Novel winner (2013) : Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams

Jenny Colgan recommends

The Dream House (2006)
Rachel Hore
"Warm, very true to life and totally engrossing."

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."

Mr Almost Right (2010)
Eleanor Moran
"Very funny, very romantic."

Since You've Been Gone (2013)
Anouska Knight
"Warm, sexy and addictive."

The Tea Chest (2014)
Josephine Moon
"I loved-a perfect of sweet and spice."

After Hello (2017)
(You Had Me At Hello, book 2)
Mhairi McFarlane
"Hilarious."

The Summer Of Impossible Things (2017)
Rowan Coleman
"Gorgeous, glowing, heartbreaking and wonderful - Rowan's best novel to date."

Friend Request (2017)
(Friend Request, book 1)
Laura Marshall
"A brilliant novel."

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."

You Me Everything (2018)
Catherine Isaac
"Heartwarming, thoughtful and very special."

At the Wedding (2018)
Matt Dunn
"Funny, warm, honest…"

I Owe You One (2019)
Sophie Kinsella
"This is the funniest book Sophie Kinsella has ever written."

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