Bettine Manktelow

Bettine Manktelow has been writing for over twenty years. Her plays have been published and are shown all over the world where English is the first language. These plays are thrillers, comedies or straightforward dramas but they all explore relationships between men and women and the problems that arise when they practise deception. She also researched in depth the First and Second World Wars, from which two novels emerged, the plots being too complicated and far ranging for plays. These novels...See more

Bettine Manktelow has been writing for over twenty years. Her plays have been published and are shown all over the world where English is the first language. These plays are thrillers, comedies or straightforward dramas but they all explore relationships between men and women and the problems that arise when they practise deception. She also researched in depth the First and Second World Wars, from which two novels emerged, the plots being too complicated and far ranging for plays. These novels are "No Time for Tears", about the First World War and "The Gossamer Thread" set in the Second World War. " Mostly about Men is her first collection of short stories. See less