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Born in Edinburgh, Isla Dewar now lives in Fife with her husband, a cartoonist, and two sons. Her first novel, Keeping Up with Magda, published in 1995, has been followed by a string of bestsellers.
Genres: Sagas, Cozy Mystery, Mystery, General Fiction
Novels
Keeping Up with Magda (1995)
Women Talking Dirty (1995)
Giving Up on Ordinary (1997)
It Could Happen to You (1998)
Two Kinds of Wonderful (2000)
The Woman Who Painted Her Dreams (2002)
Dancing in a Distant Place (2003)
Walking with Rainbows (2003)
The Cherry Sundae Company (2004)
Secrets of a Family Album (2004)
Rosie's Wish (2004)
Getting Out of the House (2005)
The Consequences of Marriage (2006)
Izzy's War (2010)
A Winter Bride (2011)
It Takes One to Know One (2018)
Women Talking Dirty (1995)
Giving Up on Ordinary (1997)
It Could Happen to You (1998)
Two Kinds of Wonderful (2000)
The Woman Who Painted Her Dreams (2002)
Dancing in a Distant Place (2003)
Walking with Rainbows (2003)
The Cherry Sundae Company (2004)
Secrets of a Family Album (2004)
Rosie's Wish (2004)
Getting Out of the House (2005)
The Consequences of Marriage (2006)
Izzy's War (2010)
A Winter Bride (2011)
It Takes One to Know One (2018)
Collections
Scottish Girls About Town (2003) (with Leila Aboulela, Katie Agnew, Abigail Bosanko, Jenny Colgan, Carol Anne Davis, 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)
Crimespotting (2009) (with Lin Anderson, Kate Atkinson, Margaret Atwood, Chris Brookmyre, John Burnside, A L Kennedy, Denise Mina, Ian Rankin and James Robertson)
Love & Passion (2013) (with Elizabeth Buchan, Sarah Challis, Amanda Craig and Anna Maxted)
Crimespotting (2009) (with Lin Anderson, Kate Atkinson, Margaret Atwood, Chris Brookmyre, John Burnside, A L Kennedy, Denise Mina, Ian Rankin and James Robertson)
Love & Passion (2013) (with Elizabeth Buchan, Sarah Challis, Amanda Craig and Anna Maxted)
Novellas
Isla Dewar recommends
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