The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin

Nancy Crane, Derbhle Crotty, Emma Fielding, Karl Johnson, Page Marshall, Isobel Middleton, Stuart Milligan and Simon Scardlfleld Their life-or-death experiment is reaching the final stage, but outside in the winter night a search party is drawing ever nearer. Mark McDonnell, Vicki Liddelle, Eliza Langland, James Bryce, Crawford Logan, Jimmy Chlsholm and Ronald Simonīased on real events in 1527 Basle, in a shabby garret the famous physician Paracelsus and his mistress Sybille crouch over a crucible. On a small Scottish island in the 1950s, identical twins are forced by the imminent death of their father to confront a secret. As the Germans advance, three women escape to a chateau in the Loire valley.ĭeirdre Davis, Mairl Gillespie, Derek McGhie, Gayanne Potter, Simon Tait and Paul Young Set in France during the second World War. Now Penny runs a vintage clothing shop where she becomes intrigued by a regular customer called Mr Jamaica.Įliza Langland, Kathryn Howden, Emma Currie and Michael Perceval-Maxwell She stroked them like huge affectionate pets in the dark of the wardrobe.

Penny was once the type of child who used to hide between her mother's fur coats. A young man from Oban comes to the big city to find work, and falls for a girl he meets. Set in about 1968, when the Apollo space missions were in the news. Liam Brennan, Deirdre Davis, Anne Kristen, Louise Ironside, Mark Cox, Margaret Clark and Owen Kavanagh

She isn't a very good pupil – but then he isn't a very good teacher. Miss Colleen learns to drive with the intriguingly mysterious Mr Podstovski. Radio plays Radio plays written by Beatrice Colin My Invisible Sister with Sara Pinto, 2010 (made into the film Invisible Sister by Disney TV).New York 1916, 2011 (Italian translation) Recommended by the Richard & Judy Book Club, 2009 The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite (UK title), 2008.shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award She completed her PhD in creative writing at the University of Strathclyde in 2008. In her late twenties, she won a Radio 4 short story competition and started writing radio plays and adaptations. Career Īfter graduating from the University of Glasgow, she worked as a journalist for the arts and features pages of publications including The Scotsman, Sunday Herald and The Guardian. There she formed the musical duo April Showers with Jonathan Bernstein – their single Abandon Ship reached 144 in the UK singles charts. Her family moved to Lancashire and then to Glasgow, where she attended Dumbarton Academy and Park School for Girls, followed by the University of Glasgow in 1982, where she read English. Early life īeatrice Colin was born in London on 14 October 1963. Novelist, radio dramatist and senior lecturer in creative writingīeatrice Colin (14 October 1963 – 6 February 2019) was a British novelist, radio dramatist, and senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Strathclyde.

The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin