CV - Lucy McCarraher, Author of Kindred Spirits, Mr. Mikey, My Wonderful Life, Blood and Water, The Book of Balanced Living

Lucy McCarraher is the author of three novels:
Mr Mikey’s Ladies (You Write On/Legend Press 2009), Blood and Water (Macmillan New Writing 2006), and its sequel, Kindred Spirits (You Write On/Legend Press 2008), as well as two self-help books, My Wonderful Life with Annabel Shaw (under discussion with publishers) and The Book of Balanced Living with Lucy Daniels (Spiro Press, 2002).

Lucy began her career as a television and print journalist in Australia, where Mr Mikey’s Ladies is set. She finished her university degree in English and Drama at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, then spent eight years down under working as a magazine and book editor, freelance journalist and television presenter. She edited Theatre Australia magazine and wrote on theatre for the Sydney Morning Herald. Lucy was a presenter for NBN 3 TV in New South Wales; she was their arts reporter on News programmes and hosted her own weekly series, Review, covering arts and entertainment. She interviewed Barry Humphries, Googie Withers, Tom Stoppard, David Williamson and a very young Mel Gibson who was playing Hamlet just after graduating from drama school. She also edited books,plays and film scripts for Currency Press and the Australian Film Institute and was Secretary of the Australian National Playwrights Conference.

After returning to the UK Lucy worked as a publishing editor, literary agent, and then Director of Development for Lifetime International Productions, an independent TV and video production company. She has developed and written numerous television programme and series concepts, including children’s series, Runaway Bay, Rainbow and Go Wild!; the very adult Lovers Guide series of videos and books – the first ever, 18-rated, sex education films; and mainstream television such as Desmond Morris’ Babywatching, Keith Floyd’s cooking programmes, and the Y-Plan video exercise series, for which she also wrote the book.

Lucy became one of the UK’s top experts in Work-Life Balance after researching and writing about parenting and children’s issues for organisations such as the NSPCC, Thomas Coram Foundation, National Parenting Forum and Working Families. She is the co-author of the Industrial Society’s Work Life Manual and Get the Balance Right, a video-based training package, for the corporate market. She has spent over ten years as a consultant, coach, researcher and writer in the work-life balance field, with many blue chip corporate and major public sector organisations as her clients.

Lucy does voluntary work in intercountry adoption and for a sheltered accommodation charity. She has two adult sons and lives in Norfolk with her two young daughters – both adopted from Russia.

Lucy is a media-friendly author; she has given numerous talks, radio and tv interviews and been featured in magazine and newspaper articles here and in Australia. She is available for talks, book signings, interviews, workshops and public appearances.





		About Lucy Lucy McCarraher is the author of three novels: Mr Mikey’s Ladies (You Write On/Legend Press 2009), Blood and Water (Macmillan New Writing 2006), and its sequel, Kindred Spirits (You Write On/Legend Press 2008), as well as two self-help books, My Wonderful Life with Annabel Shaw (under discussion with publishers) and The Book of Balanced Living with Lucy Daniels (Spiro Press, 2002). Lucy began her career as a television and print journalist in Australia, where Mr Mikey’s Ladies is set. She finished her university degree in English and Drama at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, then spent eight years down under working as a magazine and book editor, freelance journalist and television presenter. She edited Theatre Australia magazine and wrote on theatre for the Sydney Morning Herald. Lucy was a presenter for NBN 3 TV in New South Wales; she was their arts reporter on News programmes and hosted her own weekly series, Review, covering arts and entertainment. She interviewed Barry Humphries, Googie Withers, Tom Stoppard, David Williamson and a very young Mel Gibson who was playing Hamlet just after graduating from drama school. She also edited books,plays and film scripts for Currency Press and the Australian Film Institute and was Secretary of the Australian National Playwrights Conference. After returning to the UK Lucy worked as a publishing editor, literary agent, and then Director of Development for Lifetime International Productions, an independent TV and video production company. She has developed and written numerous television programme and series concepts, including children’s series, Runaway Bay, Rainbow and Go Wild!; the very adult Lovers Guide series of videos and books – the first ever, 18-rated, sex education films; and mainstream television such as Desmond Morris’ Babywatching, Keith Floyd’s cooking programmes, and the Y-Plan video exercise series, for which she also wrote the book. Lucy became one of the UK’s top experts in Work-Life Balance after researching and writing about parenting and children’s issues for organisations such as the NSPCC, Thomas Coram Foundation, National Parenting Forum and Working Families. She is the co-author of the Industrial Society’s Work Life Manual and Get the Balance Right, a video-based training package, for the corporate market. She has spent over ten years as a consultant, coach, researcher and writer in the work-life balance field, with many blue chip corporate and major public sector organisations as her clients. Lucy does voluntary work in intercountry adoption and for a sheltered accommodation charity. She has two adult sons and lives in Norfolk with her two young daughters – both adopted from Russia. Lucy is a media-friendly author; she has given numerous talks, radio and tv interviews and been featured in magazine and newspaper articles here and in Australia. She is available for talks, book signings, interviews, workshops and public appearances.