Bailey, Scarlett: - Scarlett Bailey has loved writing stories since childhood. Before writing novels she worked as a waitress, cinema usherette and bookseller. Passionate about old movies, Scarlett loves nothing more than spending a wet Sunday afternoon watching her favourite films back to back with large quantities of chocolate. Scarlett also writes novels under her real name Rowan Coleman. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Memory Book and The Summer of Impossible Things.