Besides being a grandmother herself, Shirley Lowe is a magazine editor and journalist and author of several books. With Angela Ince she wrote the novels LOSING CONTROL, SWAPPING, TAKING OVER and SHAPING UP. She wrote the novelisation of Paula Milne's script of THE POLITICIAN'S WIFE and a novelisation of KAVANAGH QC. She also wrote the novelisation of Bertolucci's STEALING BEAUTY, sold in 14 other languages.