Emily Gale

Writer, Etcetera.

About me

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In a nutshell: I’m a YA novelist and picture book writer with a profound inability to wear appropriate shoes. I don’t mean I wear Laboutins to rock festivals (I’m not completely sure what Laboutins are, to be honest, or if that’s how you spell it…him? her? see, clueless) – I’m talking Mr Bean levels of uncool, and you can read more here, or here.

. . . my parents used to call me Kojak (=70s television show about a big bald man who sucked lollypops and solved crime). I have more hair now.

. . . I used to write a fictional magazine column. It was nearly as much fun as writing novels because I could pretend to be someone else, which is one of the things I love about writing. And that’s definitely not because I don’t like being myself…I do, just not all the time.

. . . I nearly trod dog poo into a very famous person’s house. My saviour came in the form of some dried leaves, plus an entire bottle of Chanel No.19 (what a waste!). I don’t wear Chanel No.19 any more. This is probably my most overused anecdote. I’m sorry. I’ll try harder.

. . . I have experienced stage fright similar to what my character, Kass Kennedy, goes through in Girl, Aloud. Only I didn’t pee myself. Honest, Guv.

. . . I’m very particular about tea.

. . . I’ve been living in Melbourne for nearly four years.

2 Comments

  1. Hi Emily! My name is Samantha Bousquet and i am a book reviewer! As you can see, my website is http://bundlesofbooks101.blogspot.com/ . I was checking out your book, Girl Out Loud (this is what it said on goodreads, but on your website is says Girl Aloud?) and i love the story line. I was wondering if you had an ARC for me to read and reviewer for my blog? I hope to hear from you soon!

    Samantha

  2. Dear Samantha,
    Thanks for your message and apologies for the delay – I’ve been very slack on all things website-related since this year’s NaNoWriMo. I don’t have an ARC of GIRL OUT LOUD because I’ve only just today approved all the changes that have been made for the US market (which was a really fun job thanks to the great editors at Scholastic) so it’s a bit early still. The book was originally published as GIRL ALOUD in the UK but I’m sure you’d rather read the shiny new US version…?
    Cheers,
    Emily

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