Mhairi was born in Scotland in 1976 and has been explaining how to pronounce her name ever since. (With a ‘V’, not an ‘M’. Yes, that’s us crazy Celts for you). She is based in Nottingham where she used to be a local journalist and now she’s a freelance writer and sometime-blogger, which we all know is code for messing about on Twitter. She likes drinking wine, eating food and obtaining clothes; all the impressive hobbies. Her best anecdotes involve dislocating her elbow tripping over a briefcase and a very bad flight to New York. She lives with a man and a cat.
Praise for Mhairi: 'Flawed and relatable, their dialogue whipsmart, and I have big crushes on every one of McFarlane's heroes. Read this for the famous hero trope, but also for the grounded reality and beautiful narrative voice. McFarlane never misses' GILLIAN MCALLISTER, SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL '14/10 on the QWJ scale (queasy with jealousy scale)! I WISH I'd written it. I loved this book so much' MARIAN KEYES 'Smart, sensitive, extremely funny and always so, so spot on…You Belong With Me is a joy' LINDSEY KELK ‘Everything you want from a rom com and satisfyingly knotty with proper, recognisable characters. She just gets better and better’ JOJO MOYES ‘I LOVE her books PASSIONATELY and this is her best yet’ MARIAN KEYES ‘She’s so ridiculously talented … consider this recommendation my personal gift to you and your life’ EMILY HENRY ‘An effortlessly brilliant read’ GIOVANNA FLETCHER ‘No one writes such wry, emotionally complex romantic fiction as Mhairi McFarlane’ RED ‘The perfect balance of romcom and drama’ GRAZIA