Michelle Gayle's career has spanned TV, theatre, film and music. She is best known for her TV appearances, which began in the 1980s with children's drama Grange Hill, followed by EastEnders, before she moved over to a glittering pop career that saw her achieve six top 20 hits and sell a million records, most successfully 1994 single "Sweetness". Pride and Premiership is her first novel.