Are you an Elizabeth or a Jessica? I know a cultural phenomenon when I see one, particularly one that has lay dormant for a decade or two then come back, bigger and brighter than ever. And that phenomenon, my friends, is SWEET VALLEY HIGH.Personally, I’m an Elizabeth, most of the time. I always wanted to [...]

I send out a newsletter now and again about what I’ve been up to. Sorry, ‘newsletter’ sounds ridiculous; it’s more like a long, chatty, mildly pointless email. But, you know, it’s fun. And fun goes a long way. If you’d like to get it direct to your inbox, just email me gemma@gemmaburgess.com and put ‘Email [...]

I have been a very poor blogger of late, my friends, as I am in the very last stretch of the first draft of my next book. But I want to say thank you. Because yesterday I found out that A Girl Like You sold over 10,000 copies in the first six weeks of publication [...]

I keep being asked about this, and yes. Almost every single thing in my books is made up. The characters, the storylines, the events. The emotions and reactions are based on things I’ve felt, obviously – I’ve been cheated on, and fought with people, and worked with cockmonkeys, and fallen in love, and broken up [...]

I send out a newsletter every now and again, just to say hi to people who’ve emailed me in the past year. And this is the one I sent out today. Want to get the next one? Just email gemma@gemmaburgess.com with ‘Email Me’ in the subject line.Why, happy new year, you funky funsters. Hope you [...]

I watched Easy A last night. Apart from being hilarious and smart, it had a kicking soundtrack of 80s songs, and footage from my favourite EVER film, Sixteen Candles. Dang, I love that movie. I love all John Hughes films, but Sixteen Candles is perfection. I mean, duh: I named the hero of The Dating [...]

I love reading. What a painfully obvious thing to say. Never mind, let us continue.I average two or three books a week, and I’ll read just about anything. I’m anti-book snobbery. (Incidentally, I’m also anti-carb snobbery: I’ll happily eat Doritos or thrice-baked truffle-infused organic baby potatoes. It comes down to the same thing: a pleasure [...]

The German cover for The Dating Detox just landed! I adore it. I am clapping my hands with glee. It’s called Mannerfrei: Roman in German (Man Free: A Novel) Which I kind of love. Claudia Geng translated it. I hope she enjoyed it… I wonder what ‘cockmonkey’ is in German? By the way, this is [...]