Stephanie Calman

Stephanie is the author of seven books including the Top Ten Bestseller Confessions of a Bad Mother. She published her first book, Gentlemen Prefer My Sister, at 23. Her TV show Dressing for Breakfast got over three million viewers and ran to three series, making Stephanie the third British female – after Carla Lane and Jennifer Saunders – to have single-handedly created a hit narrative comedy. Her latest book, Confessions of a Bad Mother: the Teenage Years, boldly overturns some of the common myths and assumptions about young people. Books Confessions of a Bad Mother: the Teenage Years • How (Not) to Murder Your Husband • How (Not) to Murder Your Mother • Confessions of a Failed Grown-Up • Confessions of a Bad Mother • Dressing For Breakfast • Gentlemen Prefer My Sister Journalism & Columns The Guardian • The Observer • The Sunday Times • The Times • The Daily Telegraph • The Evening Standard • The Independent on Sunday • The Sun • The Mirror • The Express • Grazia • Easy Living • Woman • Cosmopolitan • The Lady Elle • Harpers & Queen • Woman's Own • Woman & Home • Glamour • Corriere della Sera Television Appearances include Have I Got News For You • Richard & Judy • This Morning • Good Morning Britain BBC Breakfast • The Wright Stuff • Sky News • The Big Questions Radio includes The Today Programme • Broadcasting House • Start The Week • Loose Ends The World Tonight • The Vanessa Feltz Show • The Jeremy Vine Show • Woman's Hour • Five Live with Nicky Campbell • A Good Read • Quote-Unquote Confessions of a Bad Mother (Radio 4 adaptation) Confessions of a Failed Grown-Up (Radio 4 serialisation) Original Television Series Dressing For Breakfast (C4)