Client details
Fiona Neill
| Simon Trewin | Assistant: Ariella Feiner |
Fiona Neill was features editor of Marie Claire for three years before becoming Assistant Editor of The Times Magazine. She is now a features writer on the magazine and lives in North London with her husband and three children. Her first novel, THE SECRET LIFE OF SLUMMY MUMMY, is based on her hugely popular column in The Times of the same name, and has become a Top Ten Bestseller Current Publication: WHAT THE NANNY SAW, Penguin, (18th August 2011): Nanny required to take care of needs of busy professional London family When penniless student Ali Sparrow answers Bryony and Nick Skinner's advertisement her life changes overnight. She is catapulted into the privileged and excessive world of London's financial elite. At first everything is overwhelming - from twins who speak their own language to a teenage girl with weight issues and a son almost her own age. Then there is Bryony, who has one eye on her dazzling career and the other on Ali's failings. When boom turns to bust and a scandal erupts that suggests something corrupt has been hatched behind the Skinners' front door, their private life is suddenly public news. And as Ali becomes indispensible, she realizes she's witness to things she probably shouldn't see. But is she principled enough to keep the family's secrets when the press come prowling for the inside scoop? Or will she dish the dirt on the family who never saw her as anything other than part of the scenery? WHAT THE NANNY SAW was a Top Ten Bestseller. Praise for Fiona Neill: Fiona Neill’s comic novel is an investigation into modern marriage … Neill’s characters are so cleverly depicted, you feel as if you’ve met at least one of them before - Vogue "“Summer is all about afternoons lying in the garden, lost in a captivating story. Fiona Neill’s brilliantly titled WHAT THE NANNY SAW promises all the tangled relationships, sexual intrigue and messed up family lives you could ask for to while away a few lazy hours.” Jane Fallon, Telegraph Fiona Neill's observations of the super rich in their natural habitat are spot-on. Despite a few awkward literary devices, this is a juicy, pacey page turner of a novel. Red magazine "Juicier than an overripe plum, this cutting satire is a brilliant read from the author of The Secret Life Of A Slummy Mummy." Star magazine "It really is a glittering example of what the very best chick lit can accomplish." www.goodreads.com "An intelligent page turner." The Guardian |
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| FRIENDS, LOVERS AND OTHER INDISCRETIONS 2009 Century | It's early 2008 and the credit crunch is starting to bite. Sam and Laura Diamond - and their friends - are circling forty and all feeling a lot less certain about life than when they first met in their twenties. Laura wants to work part-time and have a third child - an appalling prospect for her husband Sam, whose secret ambition is to give up his job as a struggling scriptwriter and have a vasectomy. Life's no more straightforward for wild child turned corporate lawyer Janey Dart. Having finally given up on Patrick, the love of her life, she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant and hastily married to a wealthy hedge fund manager who loathes her friends. And Sam's oldest friend, trendy restaurant owner Jonathan Sleet, is about to hit the big time with a TV series and cookbook, but can't control his roving eye. So it's no surprise that back on their organic farm in Suffolk, his once glamorous wife Hannah is finding distractions of her own. Determined to reunite the group, Jonathan brings everyone together for a holiday to celebrate his fortieth birthday. But six friends, two decades of tangled fortunes and an explosive secret from the past make for an unforgettable week |
| THE SECRET LIFE OF A SLUMMY MUMMY 2007 Century | For Lucy Sweeney, motherhood isn't all astanga yoga and Cath Kidston prints. It has been years since the dirty washing pile was less than a metre high, months since Lucy remembered to have sex with her husband, and a week since she last did the school run wearing pyjamas. When Husband on a Short Fuse is no contest for the distractions of Sexy Domesticated Dad; Yummy Mummy No 1 has more cash flow than parenting advice; and Alpha Mum is putting a slur on your questionable domestic habits, it's hard to remember exactly why anyone would give up a career and their sanity for three raucous sons and less than blissful domesticity. Lucy is living in a state of permanent emergency and the white lies to cover up the trail of chaos and illicit desire are about to be exposed ...This is an irresistible first novel about the dilemmas of motherhood and modern marriage for those who never discovered their domestic goddess within. |
