Maria Roberts

Maria Roberts is a writer and journalist from Manchester, UK. She graduated with an MA in Novel Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University and has a BA (Joint Hons) in Spanish and English from University of Manchester. She wrote the popular blog Single Mother on the Verge which was turned into a book of the same name in 2009. In 2007 she won Best Personal Blog at the Manchester Blog Awards at Manchester Literature Festival, the same year she was nominated for an Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Maria has written for publications including Marie Claire, Elle, Cosmopolitan, The Telegraph, The Times and contributed to discussions on family and women's issue on TV and radio, including BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour and BBC news and current affairs programmes.

Praise for Single Mother on the Verge:

"Move over, Bridget Jones" – The Mirror

"Don't let the pastel cover fool you - the writing is excellent and strikingly honest" – Marie Claire.