Books by Marika Cobbold

Marika Cobbold was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where her father was Editor and Publisher for the daily newspaper of western Sweden. She was educated in Gothenburg but in her teens spent some time in England and France in order to learn the languages. Her first novel, Guppies for Tea, was published by Black Swan in 1993 and was selected for the first W.H.Smith Fresh Talent promotion and shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award. Her later novels, A Rival Creation and The Purveyor of Enchantment, are also published by Black Swan. Marika Cobbold has lived in England since the 1970s and now resides in London.