The One Before the One (28 page)
By the same author
One Thing Led to Another
THE ONE BEFORE THE ONE
KATY REGAN
worked
at 19
magazine for two years before joining
Marie Claire
in 2002 as a feature writer. In 2004 at the height of her career as the office roving reporter singleton, she fell accidentally pregnant by her best mate (who just remained a friend). Seeing the creative possibilities in this unconventional situation, her editor commissioned her to write a column –
And then there were three
… which proved so successful it ran for two years and inspired many a reader to write in to Katy with their life story. She has now taken her loyal following to her blog:
The State She’s In
on the
Marie Claire
website. Her first novel
One Thing Led to Another
was published by HarperCollins in 2009. She lives in Hertfordshire and shares care of her son Fergus with his dad.
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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A Paperback Original 2010
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Copyright © Katy Regan 2010
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ISBN: 978 0 00 727738 4
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