About the screenwriting

Current projects include TV series BABES and feature films LAST GIRL STANDING, THE SAFE GUY, and CROSSING FATE. Watch this space.

About Gemma

Lives in New York City. Was a copywriter in advertising in London. Grew up in Hong Kong. Went to a French International School. Born in Australia. Married an Irish guy she met in a bar at 2am. Has one toddler named Errol who was born in Switzerland. Speaks jetlag fluently.

About the books

On honeymoon in 2010, reflecting on the end of her single life, Gemma decided to write a book series about a group of friends in their early 20s. When life is so fun, but so hard. When you’re usually crying, broke, hungry, lost, heartbroken and a little drunk. When you figure out not just what you want in life, but how you’re going to get it. Dan Weiss at St Martins Press calls this period ‘New Adult’. You can call it BROOKLYN GIRLS.

Gemma’s first two books are A GIRL LIKE YOU and THE DATING DETOX. You should read them. You’ll love them. Seriously.

Brooklyn Girls, The Dating Detox and A Girl Like You by Gemma Burgess