alison brodie

About me

 

I am a Scottish lassie and I live in French Basque country.  My passion is writing.  Before becoming an author, I was a photographic model, modelling for a wide range of products, including Ducatti motorbikes and 7Up.  I was also the vampire in the Schweppes commercial - with plastic teeth.

 

A catastrophic modelling assignment with a temperamental Italian model in the Scottish Highlands gave me the idea for my first book, Face to Face, which was published by Hodder & Stoughton.  I was thrilled with the reviews:  

 

“Vain, but wildly funny leading lady.” -Scottish Daily Mail.  It was also chosen as Good Housekeeping’s “Pick of the Paperbacks.” Face to Face was subsequently published in Germany and Holland and serialised in Scandinavia.

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I then independently published: The Double, Brake Failure and ZENKA - with amazing feedback.

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Since then I have written six more books - some I will publish myself, some I will publish with a publisher.  I'll let you know what happens!

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I have lived all over the world:  Kansas City, Athens, London, France, Kenya, Surrey, India.  These places and the experiences I have had inspire my work.

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It's been a fun journey. I'd love to hear from you, so if you would like to connect, I would be thrilled.

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5 THINGS ABOUT ME

 

1.   I was a mascot for a Scottish regiment (it was either a goat, or me).

 

2.   I was arrested for busking in Leicester Square (I'm tone-deaf - that was probably the reason).

 

3.   All the dogs I've ever owned have been from rescue kennels.

 

4.   In India, a bar owner asked me to paint a woman on the side of his bar.  I told him I only had poster paint and that the monsoon would wash it away.  He didn't care about that, he still wanted me to do it - so maybe I invented a new type of art?  

 

5.   I'm an animal rights activist. 

 

 

TOP 5 FAVOURITE BOOKS

 

1.   Vinegar Girl.  Anne Tyler

 

2.  Love Story.  Erich Segal.

 

3.  To Kill a Mockingbird.  Harper Lee

 

4.   The Accidental Tourist.  Anne Tyler

 

5.   Back Roads.  Tawni O'Dell.

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TOP 5 FAVOURITE MOVIES

 

1.   Overboard. 

 

2.  The Next Three Days.

 

3.  City Island

 

4.  Billy Elliott

 

5.  Silver Linings Playbook

 

 

TOP 5 FAVOURITE TRACKS

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1.   The Stranglers.  "Golden Brown".

 

2.   Dandy Warhols.  "Bohemian Like You".

 

3.   Kasabian.  "Fire."

 

4.   Silver Seas.  "Catch Your Own Train".

 

5.   The Waterboys.  "Fisherman's Blues"

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6.   Saudade.  Etienne Daho

 

 

​TOP TRACKS - FEMALE SINGERS

 

1.  Soleil Bleu by Bleu Soleil & LUIZA

 

2.  d.b.boulevard.  "Point of View"

 

3.  The Cardigans.  "Favourite Game"

 

4.  Courtney Love.  "Celebrity Skin"

 

5.   Goldfrapp.  "Ooh la la"

 

6.   Zero 7.  "Destiny"

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7.   You don't know how by Nancy Wilson

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9.   C'etait peut etre by Juliette Greco