Beatrice Colin
Beatrice Colin is a novelist, radio dramatist based in Scotland. Her novel for adults, The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite was translated into eight languages, was a Richard and Judy pick and was shortlisted for several awards. Her most recent novel, The Songwriter is set in jazz-age New York.
Beatrice began her career as a journalist for publications such the Sunday Herald and The Guardian. She was New York correspondent for The Scotsman for a several years and wrote on subjects as diverse as Burlesque and contemporary art.
As well as writing plays and adaptations for BBC Radio 4, she has written film scripts, most recently one that was one minute long. She has just finished writing another novel, about two Scottish volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War, entitled The Bitterness of Oranges, and a novel for children, The Pyrate's Boy, set in Scotland and Jamaica in 1750s, will be published next year.
Beatrice is also a lecturer in Creative Writing at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. At the moment she is writing a novel set around the the construction of the Eiffel tower.
Book Trailer for The Songwriter
Video courtesy of Beatrice Colin
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Add to BasketThe Luminous Life Of Lilly Aphrodite
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This novel tells the story of the orphaned daughter of a cabaret dancer and her rise from poverty and anonymity to film stardom, all set against the rise and fall of Berlin, the background of WWI, the debauchery of the Weimar era, the run-up to WWII, and the innovations in art and industry that accompanied it all -
Add to BasketThe Songwriter
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New York, 1916. The paths of three central figures cross and re-cross, leaving a trail of passion, infidelity and betrayal, as the world changes faster than they could ever have imagined.
