Before she began writing for The Doctor, Colgan authored the 2002 novel Looking for Andrew McCarthy, in which main character Ellie travels the United States searching for the actor, convinced he can help her put her life in order. Anyone who's ever been a fan of any actor can understand the idea, and Colgan tells the story with plenty of heart and warmth that makes it impossible not to love. The result is a fun adventure that is also a wonderful love letter to 1980's cinema and everything it represented for those who grew up in that decade, especially McCarthy fans.
"It was me living out my eighties past!" she said of the novel. "I settled on Andrew McCarthy because he was such a huge crush of mine back then. Weirdly, because of Twitter and everything, I followed him on Twitter. Then loads of people would ask him if he'd read the book and he was always very polite about it. Then we got in contact and he followed me and we've chatted ever since. He's every bit as charming as you'd hope. In fact, he's just sent me a copy of his new book [The Longest Way Home], which I hear is wonderful."
And now the big question...who has read this book? Don't be shy to admit it! I'll be first. Yes I have. I just wish I understood more of the British humor. Perhaps Star can help me out sometime soon?
I read that book many years ago and the book is somewhere on my bookshelf. In her book, there was a little crazy Japanese fan who was following Andrew and wrongly she knocked another Andrew McCarthy's door. It was not me! I swear!
