Marika Cobbold (born Anne Marika Hjörne) is a Swedish born novelist who writes in English. She made her literary debut in 1993 with Guppies for Tea.
Life and career
Marika Cobbold was born in Gothenburg to Lars Hjörne and Anne Gyllenhammar; Pehr G. Gyllenhammar was her maternal uncle. She married British Naval Officer Richard Cobbold around 1975, with whom she had two children. Following her divorce from Richard Cobbold, Marika married Michael Patchett-Joyce, a barrister, in 2018 and they live in Hampstead, North London.[citation needed]
Her first novel Guppies for Tea was published in 1993. It was selected for the inaugural W.H. Smith Fresh Talent Promotion, shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year, and serialized on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. It was later adapted into a German television film starring Inge Meysel.[citation needed]
