Laura Marney is a Scottish novelist and short-story writer.
The author of five novels and numerous short stories, Laura Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers ( Alan Bissett, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh). [1]
Born and brought up in Glasgow, Marney co-founded a theatre group Theatre Raskolnikov there. [2] Since "nobody else could be bothered", she also began writing scripts for the company. [3]
Marney is a graduate of the MLitt course in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, and now teaches there. [4] Her writing has been described as black humour. [5] She also writes for radio. [6]
Marney tutored Leela Soma, one of the 21 writers and 21 artists commissioned by Glasgow Women's Library in 2012 to create work to celebrate the 21st birthday of the organisation.