Andrea Gillies

I was born in York and went to school there, went to St Andrews University,then worked in theatre publicity and as a journalist and editor. Married another freelance, had three children,and lived in Somerset, Orkney, France. Now separated and living in Edinburgh. Spent 2 years looking after my mother-in-law, who has Alzheimer's, and wrote a diary which became a book: KEEPER, which won the Wellcome and the Orwell. THE WHITE LIE, a first novel, was published in February 2012. Currently writing a second novel, a love triangle of sorts. A website, andreagillies.com, will be up and running in summer 2012. Meanwhile, there's a facebook page.You can read newspaper reviews of THE WHITE LIE here: http://shortbooks.co.uk/book/the-whit...