Miranda Shearer
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Miranda Rose Shearer is a British
journalist and author
. She is the daughter of John Shearer, a former BBC
employee and Tamasin Day-Lewis
, author of a number of cookbooks and is a resident of Somerset
.
Miranda Shearer has written two books. She wrote the first book My Turn To Cook at the age of 18 for her former boyfriend to take to university. It was re-published under the name Cheap as Chips, Better Than Toast: Easy Recipes for Students. The book is for students missing home-cooked food at university. It has gone on to become a bestseller, and a common sight in many student kitchens.
Her second book was written for her sister. Big Secrets for not so Little Girls is described as "dazed and confused teenagers to twentysomethings, full of non-patronising advice on how to survive as a girl".
After studying Hispanic Studies and History of Art at Bristol University she worked for Star magazine in New York, and currently writes for the Western Gazette
(Northcliffe) based in Yeovil, as the reporter for the Somerton and Langport edition.
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journalist and author
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. She is the daughter of John Shearer, a former BBC
BBC
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employee and Tamasin Day-Lewis
Tamasin Day-Lewis
Lydia Tamasin Day-Lewis, better known as Tamasin Day-Lewis, is an English television chef, daughter of the poet Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon, and sister of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis.-Biography:...
, author of a number of cookbooks and is a resident of Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
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Miranda Shearer has written two books. She wrote the first book My Turn To Cook at the age of 18 for her former boyfriend to take to university. It was re-published under the name Cheap as Chips, Better Than Toast: Easy Recipes for Students. The book is for students missing home-cooked food at university. It has gone on to become a bestseller, and a common sight in many student kitchens.
Her second book was written for her sister. Big Secrets for not so Little Girls is described as "dazed and confused teenagers to twentysomethings, full of non-patronising advice on how to survive as a girl".
After studying Hispanic Studies and History of Art at Bristol University she worked for Star magazine in New York, and currently writes for the Western Gazette
Western Gazette
The Western Gazette is a newspaper, published in Yeovil, Somerset, England.The Western Gazette is published every Thursday with five different editorial editions, named North Dorset, Sherborne/West Dorset, Crewkerne, Yeovil and South Somerset....
(Northcliffe) based in Yeovil, as the reporter for the Somerton and Langport edition.