JADE
Millie Murray
'One of the foremost writers of teenage fiction'
Caribbean Times
'I knew what was bugging Mum. She had this fear that I would end up like her - young, pregnant and alone. I kept telling her that not in a million years would I ever let that happen to me...'
Jade Wilson is smart, young, black and ambitious. And she's just been given the opportunity of a lifetime - a try-out for the Commonwealth Games swimming team. Jade lives with her mum, Jojo, a successful business woman. Jojo is overprotective of Jade, but she has her reasons. As a young model with a dazzling career ahead of her, she fell pregnant with Jade, and, much as she loves her daughter, she's determined not to let wnaything get in the way of Jade's success. So when Jade starts dating Dicey, there is hell to pay. WIll Jade survive her Mum's constant nagging? And what if she were to get pregnant - would she, could she, do the same as Jojo and sacrifice her career? As things start hotting up with Dicey, Jade is faced with some very tough choices...
Millie Murray
was born in London in 1958. A qualified nurse, she has attended drama college, worked with several black theatre workshops and been a vocalist in a gospel choir. She created the radio sitcom The Airport; has written for the television series, The Real McCoy; and facilitates writing and performance workshops throughout the country. She is presently a Writing Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund at the University of East London.
Millie Murray is the author of the popular Livewire novels Keisha, Lady A - A Teenage DJ, Cairo Hughes and Sorrelle; as well as All about Jas, Ebony and the Mookatoor Bush and Addicted (with Steve Derbyshire).