Isla Dewar was born in Edinburgh. She wrote articles for magazines and newspapers for many years before she wrote her first novel, KEEPING UP WITH MAGDA, in 1995. She lives in Fife with her husband, a cartoonist.
A realist, observant and needle-sharp, Isla Dewar can be very funny * The Times * Isla Dewar is a warm-hearted and gifted storyteller * Catherine Ryan Hyde * Dewar's extraordinary gift is to make the reader care about the eventual fate of every one of her characters * Scotland on Sunday * Isla is the best, the funniest, the cleverest, the most enjoyable...writer in Scotland today. I can guarantee that you too would enrich your life beyond all measure by discovering Isla Dewar * Robin Pilcher * A smashing heroine, a thoroughly satisfying story that will make you want to laugh and cry. I really did enjoy this novel * Maureen Lee *