Mike Gayle

Mike Gayle is an English author of chick lit and contemporary fiction. He was born in Birmingham, England, in 1970. He studied sociology and journalism at university. After graduating, he worked as a features editor and agony aunt for Just Seventeen and Bliss magazines. He published his first novel, My Legendary Girlfriend, in 1997. He has since published 13 novels, which have been translated into more than 30 languages. He lives in Birmingham with his wife and two children.

Here are some additional details about Mike Gayle:

* He is the younger brother of broadcaster Phil Gayle.
* He was Head Boy at Lordswood Boys' School.
* He edited a music fanzine and joined a Birmingham listings magazine before moving to London.
* He began a postgraduate diploma in journalism after moving to London.
* He is friends with Danny Wallace, who has dubbed him his Minister of Home Affairs in the Kingdom of Lovely.
* He lives in Harborne with his daughters and his wife Claire.