Glenda Young

Biography

Glenda Young is an exciting talent writing gripping and heart-wrenching stories. She has sold half a million books and is a top 50 paperback bestseller.

Celebrations at the Toffee Factory Girls (Headline, February 2026) is the final mesmerising novel in a trilogy that began with The Toffee Factory Girls. Set in 1915 it follows the lives and loves of three women working in a WWI toffee factory in the North-East - a heart-warming series about love, friendship, secrets, war . . . and toffee! It’s inspired by a real life (but long gone) toffee factory in the northeast of England. Horner's Toffee Factory of Chester-le-Street was world famous, producing the Dainty Dinah brandof toffee. 

The People's Friend writes "Filled with characters to capture the hearts and imagines of readers, this is saga writing of the most perfect kind."

Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel (Headline) is the fourth instalment in Glenda's popular cosy crime series set in Scarborough. Helen Dexter's Seaview Hotel plays host to a dance troupe when a murder takes place. Aided by her rescue greyhound Suki and the Seaview Hotel cook Jean (a no-nonsense Yorkshire woman you don't want to mess with!), Helen steps out and puts her best foot forward, but can she solve the crime?

"I loved Glenda's book and her characters - perfect for all fans of dance, mystery and cosy escapism" Anton Du Beke

The Bakery Girls (Headline) is the first of a brand new series with Headline. Each of Glenda’s new sagas will feature factory girls from Sunderland in the early 1900s. The first, The Bakery Girls, tells the tale of how the famous Sunderland pink slice was first created, and it will be published in 2027.

Glenda lives in the North-East and has written short stories for Take a Break, My Weekly and The People’s Friend. She was commissioned by The People's Friend to write their first weekly soap opera, Riverside. She is also a fan of Coronation Street, running two fan websites and publishing a number of books based on the show. She has talked about her writing widely in the media, including an interview on Woman's Hour.

Glenda Young is co-represented by Caroline Sheldon and Safae El-Ouahabi.

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