Writing Event: Comedy-Writing, Gore and Dismemberment

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WRITING EVENT: DEAD FUNNY: Helen FitzGerald and Rosy Barnes discuss comedy writing, gore and dismemberment at Word Power Books, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh,

Tuesday 28th April 2009 at 7pm ADMISSION FREE

“Thinking Woman’s Noir” writer, Helen FitzGerald, and Rosy Barnes, author of Sadomasochism for Accountants, will be appearing at top independent bookshop, Word Power Books in Edinburgh on the 28th April 2009.

They will be reading from their latest books and discussing issues like women and comedy, the grotesque, how far should you go and what “noir” means anyway…

Helen FitzGerald is a thriller writer based in Glasgow. Dead Lovely, the first of her highly successful series, featuring social worker Krissie, has been a bestseller in Holland and reached number 16 of the WH Smith chart. It was described as “gloriously black comedy” by The Herald and “startlingly original comic material” by The Big Issue. Her latest novel, The Devil’s Staircase – a comic thriller set in a squat is released by Polygon Books on the 30th April 2009.

One of 13 children, Helen left her native Australia to get some attention. It worked. Her family now see her so seldom they like her a lot. Helen has worked as a parole officer and prison social worker in Glasgow for over ten years. She lives with her husband and two children in Glasgow.

More information about Helen can be found on www.helenfitzgerald.net

Rosy Barnes is a novelist and playwright from Edinburgh. Her debut novel, Sadomasochism for Accountants, a clash-of-values comedy involving the eccentric clientele of a South London fetish club, was released on 14th Feb 2009 and has already been reprinted. Described as “the most unlikely romantic comedy ever” by Birmingham Life, The Scotsman said, “refreshingly irreverent…Echoing PG Wodehouse, Tom Sharpe and even Douglas Adams, Sadomasochism for Accountants is a fine comic novel”.

One of 2 children, Rosy’s family see her so often they are totally fed up with her. She has worked freelance as an arts journalist, as a script-reader for theatre and in a visual arts charity. She lives with her very own geek and his vast collection of electric gadgetry in a very messy house in Edinburgh.

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