Bernadette Strachan Biography – Bernadette Strachan Wiki
Bernadette Strachan is an English author of popular women’s fiction and among the more popular writers of “chick lit”. She is the widow of Matthew Strachan who was an English composer and singer-songwriter. His best-known work is the music for the British television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? written with his father Keith, which would become a global franchise, and the BBC Radio 4 World War I drama series Home Front.
Her Irish background is often incorporated into her writing, particularly in the semi-autobiographical musical Next Door’s Baby which was written for London’s Orange Tree Theatre with Matthew Strachan. Prior to becoming an author, she worked in the media as a radio advertising producer and subsequently as an agent for voiceover artists.
Her first novel, The Reluctant Landlady, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2004. Since then she has published three further novels with the same publisher. In 2009, her fifth book, How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life, followed in 2010 by Why Do We Have to Live with Men?, were both published by Little, Brown. In 2013, her seventh novel, The Valentine’s Card, was published by Little, Brown, under the pseudonym of Juliet Ashton.
She has written a further three novels as Juliet Ashton for Simon & Schuster and four novels as Claire Sandy for Pan Macmillan. She also writes screen and theatre works under her maiden name of Bernie Gaughan. In 2017, Simon & Schuster announced that she would be writing a crime thriller series with her composer husband Matthew Strachan under the pseudonym of M. B. Vincent.
Bernadette Strachan Age
She was born on December 27, 1962, in Fulham, London, United Kingdom.
Bernadette Strachan Husband
She was married to her husband, an English composer, and singer-songwriter, the late Matthew Strachan. He passed away on September 8, 2021, at the age of 50.
Bernadette Strachan Family
She was born in Fulham, London, into an Irish Catholic family.
Bernadette Strachan Children
With her husband, they had a daughter named Niamh.
Bernadette Strachan Books
Some of her books include Diamonds and Daisies, The Reluctant Landlady, Handbags and Halos, How To Lose A Husband among other several books she has authored.
