Gill Sims
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Gill Sims is a bestselling British author and blogger.
Sims is the author of Why Mummy Drinks, which was the Sunday Times Fiction Bestseller of 2017. Why Mummy Swears was published in 2018, and Why Mummy Doesn't Give A **** in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/harpercollins-snaps-sims-third-910976|title=HarperCollins snaps up Sims' third 'Why Mummy' book {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=2019-06-13}}
In 2016, she began her Peter and Jane blog, which quickly gained a viral following. Her blog offers a comical response to issues facing parents. She has also written on postnatal depression for Netmums.{{Cite web|url=https://www.netmums.com/support/peter-and-jane-blogger-gill-sims-my-battle-with-postnatal-depression|title=Gill Sims: My battle with postnatal depression|last=Netmums|date=2017-11-27|website=Netmums|language=en|access-date=2019-06-13}} Sims has been regularly profiled as a leading proponent of a "Mummy Blogger."
She lives in Scotland with her husband, two children, and border terrier, 'Judgy Dog'.
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Sources
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-39025793 BBC profile, July 2017]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/sep/26/from-smug-to-slummy-the-myths-of-modern-parenthood Guardian article, September 2016]
External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/peterandjaneandmummytoo/ Facebook blog]
- [http://peterandjaneblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Blogspot]
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Category:21st-century British women writers
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Category:British women bloggers
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