Emma Burstall

Emma Burstall
Born1961 (age 62–63)
EducationSt Paul's Girls' School
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Journalist and author
SpouseKevin Maguire
Children3

Emma Burstall (born 1961) is an English author and journalist. She has published several novels and writes for The Guardian and The Independent on Sunday.[1]

Burstall was educated at the St Paul's Girls' School and studied English at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating from Cambridge University in 1980.[2][3] She began her career as a reporter on the Western Morning News,[2] later becoming a features editor of Woman and Family Circle.[4] Her first novel Gym and Slimline was published in 2008,[5] followed by Never Close Your Eyes in 2009.[1]

Burstall is married to journalist Kevin Maguire; the couple have three children, two sons and a daughter.[5][6]

Bibliography

  • Gym and Slimline (2008)
  • Never Close your Eyes (2009)
  • The Darling Girls (2014)
  • Tremarnock: The Lives, Loves and Secrets of a Cornish Village (2015)
  • The Cornish Guest House (2016)
  • Tremarnock Summer (2017)
  • A Cornish Secret (2018)
  • The Girl Who Came Home to Cornwall (2019)

References

  1. ^ a b Gore, Will (20 August 2009). "Burstall's novel approach is close to home". Wimbledon Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b "About Emma Burstall". 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Emma Burstall (m. 1980) publishes new novel". Christ's College, Cambridge. 27 August 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  4. ^ Garside, Juliette (26 May 2000). "Media briefs: Jarvis takes on features remit at Woman". PR Week.
  5. ^ a b "Mirror man takes back seat to his author wife". The Shields Gazette. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. ^ Burstall, Emma (30 December 2006). "Three kids, three decades". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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