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Katharine Light

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Katharine Light was born in Glasgow and lived there until her family moved to South Manchester when she was ten. While in her teens, she began writing stories for her younger sister. These mostly centred around a naïve heroine and a 1980s pop star (some would say the hero was modelled on John Taylor of Duran Duran).
She did a degree in psychology at University College London, and after a year travelling, worked in corporate film production for several years, before taking a break to raise her children. During this time, she did two year-long writing courses with the Open University, and completed a first draft of Like Me, book one of The Millingham Series.
She also started writing book three, with book two squeezing its way in slightly later
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Like Me, and the novels that follow, are fiction. But as with so many stories, I have written about some aspects of my own life. I grew up south of Manchester, in a strong friendship group that saw us through our teens.

Our social lives revolved around gatherings at each other’s houses and Sunday night Youth Fellowship, the local youth club.

For us—age 16—the height of sophistication was t

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Published on April 19, 2024 09:11
Average rating: 4.27 · 48 ratings · 34 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors
LIKE ME

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ME TOO: The Millingham Seri...

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YOU TOO: The Millingham Ser...

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