Tasmina Perry

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

Tasmina Perry
OccupationNovelist
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Period2006 – present
GenreDrama
Website
tasminaperry.com

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 Harper Collins and left the world of magazines to concentrate on her writing career.[5]

Perry's debut novel, Daddy's Girls, was an immediate success. The Sun newspaper said it was ‘engrossing from the first page,’ calling it ‘the perfect read to escape the everyday world with enough suspense to keep you hooked.’[6] 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’.[7]

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’.[8]

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.[9] She was also a judge at the 2011 P&G beauty awards.[10]

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.[11]

Selected works
  • Daddy's Girls (2006)
  • Gold Diggers (2007)
  • Guilty Pleasures (2008)
  • Original Sin (2009)
  • Kiss Heaven Goodbye (2010)
  • Private Lives (2011)
  • Perfect Strangers (2012)
  • Deep Blue Sea (2013)
  • The Proposal (2013)
  • The Last Kiss Goodbye (2015)

References
  1. Jameson, A. (10 December 2010). "Tasmina Perry's Top Tips for Autumn Winter 2011". Red Online. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  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.
  4. Perry, Tasmina. "About Tasmina". Official Website. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  5. Collins, Harper. "Author Profile". Harper Collins Publisher. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  6. "Sun Book Reviews". The Sun. 30 June 2006.
  7. "This Week's Book Reviews". Heat. 20 July 2012.
  8. Low, Shari (24 July 2010). "Book Group". Daily Record.
  9. McFarland, Jane (4 January 2011). "Tasmina Perry, Mentor". Marie Claire.
  10. "P&G Beauty Awards Winners Announced". P&G Website. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  11. Birmingham University Alumni News
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