Laurie Graham is the author of several acclaimed novels. The Ten O'Clock Horses was shortlisted for the Encore Award and dramatized for Radio 4, as was Perfect Meringues. Later titles are The Dress Circle, Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights, The Future Homemakers of America, The Unfortunates, Gone with the Windsors and Mr Starlight, which was shortlisted for the Saga Wit Award, and The Importance of Being Kennedy. Laurie is a former Daily Telegraph columnist and contributing editor to She magazine, and wrote the best-elling Parents' Survival Guide. In addition to her novels she writes original dramas and adaptations for BBC Radio.Born and raised in Leicester, Laurie now lives in Venice with her American husband.