“My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position.” ParentClassMiddlePositionBackgroundsCombinationOddMiddle ClassPrivilegedWorking ClassUpbringing Author:Denise Mina
“In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did law, but no-one ever thinks they're middle-class - they're just working class because they speak with accents.” PeopleThinkingArtLawSpeakForgetClassMiddleBrotherDadJournalistMiddle ClassAccentsWorking ClassArt HistoryTrilogies Author:Denise Mina
“I'm always represented as a bit of a class warrior - a bit Down With Men and Down With Middle-Class People. Whereas I'm actually very fond of men and am middle-class. I even went to boarding school in Perthshire.” PeopleMenSchoolBitsClassMiddleWarriorMiddle Class Author:Denise Mina