Catherine MacPhail

Catherine MacPhail
Born25 January 1946 Edit this on Wikidata
Greenock Edit this on Wikidata
Died28 August 2021 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 75)

Catherine MacPhail (25 January 1946 – 28 August 2021[1]) was a Scottish-born author. Although she had had other jobs, she always wanted to be a writer but she did not think she would be suited to it.[2] Her first published work was a sort of "twist-in-the-tale" story in Tit-Bits, followed by a story in The Sunday Post. After she won a romantic story competition in Woman's Weekly, she decided to concentrate on romantic novels, but after writing two, she decided that it was not right for her.[3] In addition to writing books for children around their teens, she also wrote for adults. She is the author of the BBC Radio 2 series My Mammy and Me.[4]

  1. ^ "Scottish author Catherine MacPhail dies aged 75". The Herald. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ "think wee lassies like me could do things like that. It was only after my children were born that I started going to the local Writers' Club. There I was given the confidence and encouragement to start sending my stories away". Official Website Archived 3 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Official Website". Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "My Mammy and Me". The Radio Times. No. 3713. 16 March 1995. p. 114. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 25 March 2021.