Mike Gayle was born and raised in Birmingham. After graduating, he moved to London to pursue a career in journalism and worked as a features editor and agony uncle. He has written for a variety of publications including the Sunday Times,the Guardianand Cosmopolitan.

Mike's novels have been Sunday Timesbestsellers and award winners, have been translated into more than thirty languages and sold more than three million copies worldwide.

Claire Gayle is an English graduate and former Adult Education teacher and has been married to Mike for the last thirty years. Not Quite Myselfis her debut novel.

Mike and Claire have recently dropped the youngest of their two children at university and are currently in the process of adjusting to an empty nest. Unlike Sian and Paul, however, they haven't swapped bodies. Honestly...