Tasmina Perry

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Tasmina Perry
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period2006 – present
GenreDrama
Website
tasminaperry.com

Tasmina Perry is a British novelist. Her novels have been bestsellers in The Sunday Times and have been published in 17 countries. [1] [2] Perry is also a journalist and magazine editor [3] and edits a daily blog on travel, style and the places that have inspired her novels.

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Writing career

A trained lawyer, Perry switched to the world of women's magazines in the mid-nineties. [4] She won the New Journalist of the Year Award and went on to write for Marie Claire , Glamour and Heat , also launching her own travel and style magazine, Jaunt. She was editing InStyle magazine when she signed a book deal with publishers HarperCollins and left the world of magazines to concentrate on her writing career. [5]

Perry's debut novel, Daddy's Girls , was an immediate success. Her subsequent novels have been equally well-received, with Perfect Strangers, for example, being described by Heat magazine as 'a fast-paced, glamorous and enthralling tale'. [6]

Perry has also co-written a series of YA vampire novels with her husband John Perry, under the pseudonym Mia James. The first in the series, By Midnight, was described by the Daily Record as 'outstanding'. [7]

Tasmina Perry is a regular contributor to TV and radio. She has also been a mentor for the Marie Claire/Princes Trust Inspire and Mentor campaign. [8] She was also a judge at the 2011 P&G beauty awards. [9]

Personal life

Tasmina lives in London with her husband, the writer and former magazine editor John Perry. Perry graduated from Birmingham University with an LLB degree in law in 1990. [10]

Selected works

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References

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  2. Thomas, Hannah. "Don't Settle for a Career You're Not Passionate About". Marie Claire. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. Mangan, Sandra (7 June 2008). "Books: Romantic Fiction". Coventry Evening Telegraph.
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  5. Collins, Harper. "Author Profile". Harper Collins Publisher. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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  7. Low, Shari (24 July 2010). "Book Group". Daily Record.
  8. McFarland, Jane (4 January 2011). "Tasmina Perry, Mentor". Marie Claire.
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  10. Birmingham University Alumni News