Kate Long

Kate Long is the author of seven novels. Her first, The Bad Mother's Handbook, was a number one bestseller, was serialised on Radio 4, nominated for a British Book Award and turned into an ITV drama/DVD starring Catherine Tate. She has since written six more novels: Swallowing Grandma, Queen Mum, The Daughter Game, Mothers and Daughters, Before She Was Mine and - the sequel to The Bad Mother's Handbook - Bad Mothers United. Kate's stories tend to focus on family drama and relationships between the generations, and her earlier work was heavily influenced by her Lancashire upbringing.