Andrea Newman

" The dramatisation was a popular success its sequel Another Bouquet followed in 1977. An only child mainly brought up by her grandmother Andrea Newman taught at a grammar school after graduating with a degree in English from London University.

It was remarked that a frequent theme in Andrea Newman's novels was that with the advent of a baby the family disintegrates. Her sixth novelBouquet of Barbed Wire (1969) was adapted by Newman for London Weekend Television in 1976 as a seven part serial. In 2001 Newman was the writer for the television drama Pretending to Be Judith.