Catriona Silvey was born in Glasgow and grew up in Scotland and England. After collecting an unreasonable number of degrees from various universities in the UK and the US, she moved to Edinburgh where she lives with her husband and children. She is the author of Meet Me in Another Life (2021) and the newly released time-travel romantic comedy Love and Other Paradoxes (2025).
At The Nerd Daily Silvey tagged "six romances where both partners are creatively inclined, and where the romantic resolution is tied up with each of the characters finding creative fulfilment." One title on the list:
Romantic Comedy by Curtis SittenfeldRead about another romance on the list.
Sally is a comedy writer on an SNL-like late night sketch show. Noah is a gorgeous, successful singer-songwriter who Sally thinks is way out of her league.When Noah appears as a celebrity guest on Sally’s show and asks for help workshopping his sketch, their connection is immediate. But Sally is held back by her own internalised expectation that attractive men aren’t interested in average-looking, funny women.
As their connection deepens over email during the pandemic, so does their appreciation of each other’s creative work. As Sally comes to know Noah better through his back catalogue, she moves from mocking his “cheesy” output to understanding and respecting it. As the two of them navigate the complexities of dating as public figures, they come to a conclusion that resonates for any creative person: ‘The point of life is to find the thing you’re good at and enjoy doing, and to do it for other people.’
--Marshal Zeringue
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