Marianne Kavanagh has worked on a number of UK magazines, including Woman, Tatler and the Telegraph¿s Saturday magazine. She joined the launch team of Marie Claire, where she became deputy editor, before leaving to spend more time with her family. Since then, as a freelance editor and feature writer, Marianne has contributed to a wide variety of newspapers, magazines and websites, including the Telegraph, Mail, Guardian, Marie Claire, Easy Living, MyDaily and Red. She writes a weekly column, `Surviving Teenagers¿, for the parenting site Parentdish. She lives in London. Her book title, For Once in My Life, made The Australian Book Designers Association Award shortlist in 2015.