Francesca Clementis

Francesca Clementis

Francesca Clementis was born in 1958. With a degree in Philosophy from Sussex University, she spent ten years in advertising before becoming a full-time writer. In 2000 she received an Arts Council of England Writers' Award and her novels have been translated into more than ten languages. She has written comedy for BBC radio including Weekending and News Huddlines. Since 2005 she has been writing for BBC TV's Doctors. She lives in London with her husband and daughter.

Fiction, Scripts, Writer

DOCTORS - Regular writer (6 episodes)

LIFE AFTER BETH - Original script.  In the wake of her daughter’s death, a woman embarks on a journey of discovery that changes not only her life but that of her friends and family too.  Rich, feelgood drama.
 

BOOKS:
BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY
- Piatkus 1999
MAD ABOUT THE GIRLS - Piatkus 2000
WOULD I LIE TO YOU? - Piatkus 2001
CAN’T BUY ME LOVE - Piatkus 2003
A PERFECT DIVORCE - Piatkus 2004
STRICTLY BUSINESS - Piatkus 2006

Praise for Francesca's previous novels:
‘A tangle of lies and lives worthy of Cold Feet… perceptive and funny’. 
Daily Mirror

‘Hysterical…a light-hearted fun read.’
Now

‘Hugely enjoyable’
Marie Claire

‘What a cracker… This comedy of errors makes for fun and frantic reading’
B Magazine

‘Book of the Week… refreshingly funny portrayal of the realities of relationships.’ 
Sunday Mirror

‘Top read.’
Company

‘Incisively funny and terribly sobering… we can’t wait for her next.’
Sunday Post