Carole Matthews

Carole Matthews is an international bestselling author of hugely successful romantic comedy novels. Her unique sense of humour has won her legions of fans and critical acclaim all over the world.  She is currently published in 24 different countries.

In the UK A Minor Indiscretion, the film rights to which have been sold to Hollywood, and A Compromising Position both reached the Top 5 in The Sunday Times bestseller chart and You Drive Me Crazy reached number 8 in the original fiction charts. Welcome To The Real World was shortlisted for RNA romantic novel of the year 2007.  In the USA, the hilarious For Better, For Worse was selected by one of America’s top TV books clubs – Reading with Ripa on LIVE with Regis and Kelly – as their book of the month and as a result it went straight into both USA Today and The New York Times extended bestseller lists. 

The hugely successful The Chocolate Lovers' Club and its sequel, The Chocolate Lovers' Diet are published by Headline in the UK and St Martin's Press in the US and are available now. Her latest books It's Now or Never and The Only Way Is Up were published by Headline in 2010.

In 2007 Carole co-edited - with writer Sarah Mlynowski - two new editions of the hugely popular Girls' Night In charity series called Girls' Night Out - one for the USA and one for Canada. All proceeds go to War Child.

Carole has presented on television and is a regular radio guest. When she’s not writing novels, television or film scripts she manages to find time to trek in the Himalayas, rollerblade in Central Park, take tea in China and snooze in her garden shed in Milton Keynes which is near London, England.