SANDERS, Meg
(Sanders Ashworth, a joint pseudonym, Annie Sanders, a joint pseudonym)

PERSONAL:

Married; children. Education: Earned a university degree.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Agent—Mary Pachnos, Gillon Aitken Associates, 18-21 Cavaye Pl., London, England SW10 9PT.

CAREER:

Writer.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Tesco Debut Novel of the Year, 2004, for Goodbye, Jimmy Choo.

WRITINGS:

NONFICTION

(With Annie Ashworth; under joint pseudonym Sanders Ashworth) Trade Secrets: Christmas, Orion Books (London, England), 2002.

(With Annie Ashworth) Fat Club, Andre Deutsch (London, England), 2002.

(With Annie Ashworth) How to Beat the System, Orion Books (London, England), 2003.

(With Annie Ashworth and Karen Dolby) Trade Secrets: Parenting—Everything You Will Need to Know from Conception to Eighteen, Orion Books (London, England), 2004.

(With Annie Ashworth and Alexandra Fraser) Trade Secrets 2001, Orion Books (London, England), 2004.

(With Annie Ashworth, Katherine Lapworth, and Alexandra Fraser) Pocket Trade Secrets: Mother's Day, Orion Books (London, England), 2005.

(With Annie Ashworth) The Property Chain: The Definitive Guide to Buying or Selling, Renting or Letting, Building or Improving Your Home, Harper-Entertainment (London, England), 2005.

(With Annie Ashworth) Pocket Trade Secrets: Christmas, Orion Books (London, England), 2005.

(With Annie Ashworth) Celebrity Fit Club Weight Loss Programme, Michael O'Mara Books (London, England), 2005.

(With Meg Sanders) The Madness of Modern Families, Hodder (London, England), 2006.

FICTION; WITH ANNIE ASHWORTH; UNDER JOINT PSEUDONYM ANNIE SANDERS

Goodbye, Jimmy Choo, Orion Books (London, England), 2004, Warner/5 Spot (New York, NY), 2006.

Warning of Gales, Orion Books (London, England), 2005.

The Xmas Factor, Orion Books (London, England), 2006.

Busy Woman Seeks Wife, Orion Books (London, England), 2007.

ADAPTATIONS:

The "Trade Secrets" series books have been adapted as a television tie-in, BBC-TV, United Kingdom.

SIDELIGHTS:

For sidelights, see CA entry on Annie Ashworth.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, March 1, 2006, Aleksandra Kostovski, review of Goodbye, Jimmy Choo, p. 68.

Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 2006, review of Goodbye, Jimmy Choo, p. 156.

Library Journal, April 1, 2006, Lisa O'Hara, review of Goodbye, Jimmy Choo, p. 86.

Publishers Weekly, March 27, 2006, review of Goodbye, Jimmy Choo, p. 56.

ONLINE

Armchair Interviews,http://www.armchairinterviews.com/ (September 14, 2006), Andrea Sisco, review of Goodbye, Jimmy Choo.

ChickLit,http://www.chicklit.co.uk/ (April 1, 2005), "Talking to Annie."

Fantastic Fiction,http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ (September 12, 2006), "Annie Sanders."

Fresh Fiction,http://www.freshfiction.com/ (March 10, 2006), Lissa Staley, review of Goodbye, Jimmy Choo.

Gillon Aitken Associates Ltd., Web site,http://www.gillonaitkenassociates.co.uk/ (September 12, 2006), brief profile of Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders.

MediaBistro.com, http://www.mediabistro.com/ (November 14, 2005), Rachel Kramer Bussel, "It Takes Two to Make a Book Go Right: Are Two Authors Better than One?"

Nights and Weekends,http://www.nightsandweekends.com/ (September 14, 2006), Kristin Dreyer Kramer, review of Goodbye, Jimmy Choo.

Orion Books Web site,http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/ (September 12, 2006), "'Annie Sanders' Q & A."

Reader Views, http://www.readervies.com/ (September 14, 2006), Paige Lovitt, review of Goodbye, Jimmy Choo.