How I became a much-sought-after writer
By Jenny Colgan

I was bored. Bored bored bored bored bored. I had a good job - well, hooray. As a manager for a health policy think-tank: even my mother’s eyes glazed over when I tried to explain what I did for a living. I was doing stand-up on the outer fringes of London’s comedy circuit, and while it wasn’t actually going badly I wasn’t setting anything alight either.

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