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Shirley Conran

Shirley Conran

Shirley Conran

Shirley Conran has worked as a design consultant, journalist, and editor for The Daily Mail and The Observer. Her first book, Superwoman, sold more than a million copies worldwide and was followed by eleven bestsellers. She currently lives in London.

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Lace is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 06, 2012
Lace will be released on November 06, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Nov 06, 2012
Lace II is now available in eBook
Jul 24, 2012
Lace II will be released on July 24, 2012 in eBook
Jul 24, 2012
SAVAGES is now available in eBook
Jul 24, 2012
CRIMSON will be released on July 24, 2012 in eBook
Jul 24, 2012
SAVAGES will be released on July 24, 2012 in eBook
Jul 24, 2012
CRIMSON is now available in eBook
Jul 24, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from CRIMSON
Jul 21, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from SAVAGES
Jul 21, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Lace II
Jul 21, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Lace
Aug 02, 2009
Lace will be released on August 07, 2007 in Trade Paperback
Aug 07, 2007
Lace is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 07, 2007
Lace will be released on August 07, 2007 in eBook
Aug 07, 2007
Lace is now available in eBook
Aug 07, 2007

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Guardian.co.uk, March 21, 2013
...the same mix of disgust and fascination the girls (I later learned) were getting from the goldfish scene in Shirley Conran 's Lace . I was (still am) a sensitive child, who tended to take things to heart, and, in general, I avoided horror novels, but...
Melbourne Age, February 27, 2013
...of many writers, journalists and academics. At the same time, he was able to see the potential in Shirley Conran's Lace, among many books that sold in huge quantities around the world. He trained and mentored an entire generation of editors who now...
Frankie Magazine, December 23, 2012
...summer of reading without ego. Read the Star Trek omnibus if you want, read cookbooks, read Lace by Shirley Conran, re-read The Pelican Brief, godknows it was awesome the first time. Read bestsellers, Arnold Schwarznegger's autobiography or a collection...
The Independent, December 15, 2012
...her about her dead mother. Unnerving. Of course, the greatest of the blockbuster maternal-identity novels is Lace, from Shirley Conran herself. It received a magnificent new package from Canongate (£7.99) to celebrate its 30th anniversary, and became...
Irish Independent, December 6, 2012
...pun intended.) Certainly, when I was a teenager, it was these two authors, along with Jackie Collins and Shirley Conran whom we furtively snuck into our bedrooms. One of the sexiest books I’ve read in a long time was this year’s Love And Other...
Telegraph, December 5, 2012
...pun intended.) Certainly, when I was a teenager, it was these two authors, along with Jackie Collins and Shirley Conran whom we furtively snuck into our bedrooms. One of the sexiest books Ive read in a long time was this years Love And Other Dangerous...
Telegraph, December 5, 2012
...pun intended.) Certainly, when I was a teenager, it was these two authors, along with Jackie Collins and Shirley Conran whom we furtively snuck into our bedrooms. One of the sexiest books Ive read in a long time was this years Love And Other Dangerous...
ParentDish, January 16, 2013
...Life's too short to stuff a mushroom, as someone famous (I think it was Shirley Conran) once said. Well, if you ask me, life's too short to peel a mushroom. But that's exactly what I found myself doing the other evening at the...
Daily Express, January 3, 2013
...dry up. They're cheap to film and cost but a tiny fraction of a drama. As author Shirley Conran says: "People do three major things in life: eat, sleep and fornicate and up until now nobody has worked out how to make money from sleeping."...
Belfast Telegraph, January 3, 2013
...The Pressure Cooker Cookbook. Dishes that once required hours of stirring now take a matter of minutes. As Shirley Conran didn't say: life's too short to roast a mushroom. Architectural platform shoes Big heels are back. Fashion shows in 2012 saw a...
Daily Express, January 3, 2013
...dry up. They're cheap to film and cost but a tiny fraction of a drama. As author Shirley Conran says: "People do three major things in life: eat, sleep and fornicate and up until now nobody has worked out how to make money from sleeping."...
The Independent, December 29, 2012
...The Pressure Cooker Cookbook. Dishes that once required hours of stirring now take a matter of minutes. As Shirley Conran didn't say: life's too short to roast a mushroom. Architectural platform shoes Big heels are back. Fashion shows in 2012 saw a...
The Independent, December 29, 2012
...The Pressure Cooker Cookbook. Dishes that once required hours of stirring now take a matter of minutes. As Shirley Conran didn't say: life's too short to roast a mushroom. Architectural platform shoes Big heels are back. Fashion shows in 2012 saw a...
Frankie Magazine, December 23, 2012
...summer of reading without ego. Read the Star Trek omnibus if you want, read cookbooks, read Lace by Shirley Conran, re-read The Pelican Brief, godknows it was awesome the first time. Read bestsellers, Arnold Schwarznegger's autobiography or a collection...