Andrea Newman

Who is Andrea Newman?

Andrea Newman is an English author.

An only child, mainly brought up by her grandmother, she taught at a grammar school after graduating with a degree in English from London University. Three Into Two Won't Go was made into a film, released in 1969, starring Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom and directed by Peter Hall.

Her sixth novel, A Bouquet of Barbed Wire was adapted by Newman for London Weekend Television in 1976 as a seven part serial. Newman recalled her work in 2010 at the time of its remake: "I never set out to shock, just to tell a story about an imaginary family, but I imagine most people would still disapprove of hitting your pregnant wife and having sex with her mother." The dramatisation was a popular success, its sequel, Another Bouquet, followed in 1977.

Other novels have included A Share of the World, The Cage, Three Into Two Won't Go, Alexa', Mirage, A Sense of Guilt, An Evil Streak, Mackenzie and A Gift of Poison. A book of 15 short stories, Triangles, was published in 1990. It was remarked that a frequent theme in Andrea Newman's novels was that with the advent of a baby, the family disintegrates.