Imogen Edwards-Jones
{{Short description|British writer, author and journalist}}
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Imogen Edwards-Jones (born June 1968, in Birmingham), is a British writer, author and journalist, who blogs for doyoutravel.com and Get the Gloss.
Biography
Edwards-Jones was educated at Malvern Girls' College, a boarding independent school in the spa town of Malvern in Worcestershire, which merged with another school in 2006 to form Malvern St James School,[http://www.malvernstjames.co.uk/old-girls/history Malvern St James Girls' School - History - Malvern Girls' College] Malvern St James Girls' School, Malvern, Worcestershire. Retrieved: 15 March 2014. followed by the University of Bristol, where she gained a degree in Russian,[http://www.imogenedwardsjones.com/category/about/ Imogen Edwards-Jones] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315054410/http://www.imogenedwardsjones.com/category/about/ |date=15 March 2014 }} www.ImogenEdwardsJones.com Retrieved: 15 March 2014. and then City University London.
Edwards-Jones is best known for the Babylon series of exposés based on her 2004 novel, Hotel Babylon from an insider's view of the non-stop world of the hotel staff and guests alike.
In 2006, Edwards-Jones had a regular column in The Daily Telegraph, detailing her attempts at IVF which resulted in the birth of her daughter. She blogs for doyoutravel.com and Get the Gloss.
Edwards-Jones is married to the BBC's Creative Head of Comedy Talent, Kenton Allen. Candace Bushnell is her daughter's godmother.[http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/27004/ Q&A With Model Exposé Writer Imogen Edwards-Jones -- New York Magazine]
Works
=Babylon series=
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- Hotel Babylon (2004, with "anonymous", see also BBC series Hotel Babylon based on this book)
- Air Babylon (2005, with "anonymous", in development by Carnival Films for television)
- Fashion Babylon (2006, with "anonymous", see also BBC series Material Girl loosely based on this book)
- Beach Babylon (2007, with "anonymous")
- Pop Babylon (2008, with "anonymous")
- Wedding Babylon (2009, with "anonymous")
- Hospital Babylon (2011, with "anonymous")
- Restaurant Babylon (2012, with "anonymous")
=Other books=
- The Taming of Eagles: Exploring the New Russia (1993) (with Joth Shakerley)
- My Canapé Hell (2000)
- Big Night Out (2002) (with Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson and Nick Earls)
- Shagpile (2002)
- The Wendy House (2003)
- Tuscany for Beginners (2004)
- Ladies' Night (2005) (with Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson and Chris Manby)
- The Stork Club (2006)
- In Bed With... (co-edited with Kathy Lette, 2009, with Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson, et al.)
- The Witches of St Petersburg (2018)
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Category:Alumni of City, University of London
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:People educated at Malvern St James
Category:21st-century British novelists
Category:21st-century British non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century British women writers
Category:British women novelists
Category:British women non-fiction writers
Category:Writers from Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:Journalists from Birmingham, West Midlands
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