Carole Matthews

Carole Matthews is a successful and popular British author, famous for her sense of humour and her romantic comedy novels. Her books have sold over 7.0 million books worldwide and have been published in more than 31 countries. In 2011, Matthews was inducted into the Festival of Romance Hall of Fame for her outstanding contribution to romance writing.

Biography Matthews was born in St Helens, Merseyside in 1960 and was always an avid reader. She attended Champneys College where she studied Beauty Therapy. She has worked as a secretary, ice-cream lady, television presenter, beauty therapist and freelance writer. Her first book was Let's Meet on Platform Eight and was published in 1997.

Her latest book is Christmas for Beginners.

In 2021 Carole won the Romantic Novelists' Association - Romantic Novel of the Year Award. For Sunny days and Sea Breezes.

She has published 34 novels and has appeared on the Sunday Times and USA Today bestsellers lists and her books, Welcome To The Real World, Wrapped up in You, and Happiness for Beginners made the shortlist for the Romantic Novelists' Association - Romantic Novel of the Year Award.

Her 4th book For Better, For Worse, was picked in summer 2002 for a TV book club pick in America, Reading with Ripa, on the show Live with Regis and Kelly. She has sold over 6.8 million books worldwide and is published in more than 31 countries. She has had more than 4.5 million library lends in the United Kingdom since she started writing.

In 2011, she was inducted into the Festival of Romance Hall of Fame for her outstanding contribution to romance writing. She is also an Amazon number one bestseller.

In 2015 Carole was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association for 25 novels which have consistently appeared in bestseller lists, and for her continued championing of the RNA and romantic fiction.

As well as writing, Matthews has also been a television presenter and is a regular radio guest.

She lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Kevin, whom she regularly refers to as 'Lovely Kev', a "minimalist home with no carpets, curtains, or ornaments. Matthews describes herself as a writer of romantic comedy, drinker of champagne, baker of cakes, and eater of chocolate".

UK Books Year Title 1997 Let's Meet on Platform 8 1998 A Whiff of Scandal 1999 More to Life than this 2001 For Better, For Worse 2002 A Minor Indiscretion 2003 A Compromising Position 2004 The Sweetest Taboo 2005 With or Without You 2006 You Drive Me Crazy 2006 Welcome to the Real World 2007 The Chocolate Lovers' Club 2007 The Chocolate Lovers' Diet 2008 It's A Kind of Magic 2008 All You Need Is Love 2009 The Difference a Day Makes 2009 That Loving Feeling 2010 It's Now or Never 2010 The Only Way is Up 2011 Wrapped Up In You 2012 Summer Daydreams 2012 With Love at Christmas 2013 A Cottage by the Sea 2013 Calling Mrs Christmas 2014 A Place to Call Home 2014 The Christmas Party 2015 The Cake Shop in the Garden 2015 The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas 2016 The Chocolate Lovers' Wedding 2016 Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses 2017 Christmas Cakes, and Mistletoe Nights 2018 Million Love Songs 2019 Happiness For Beginners 2020 Sunny Days and Sea Breezes2020 Christmas for Beginners