In NO PRINCE CHARMING, Ella – the main character – appears on a cookery TV show based on a dinner party format. Her companions for the evening include a tennis player who won Wimbledon the previous year.
Want to help me name him?
Suggest your names below, and the best one will feature in the book (out Spring 2011, published by Orion Books), and I’ll give you an acknowledgment at the front.
Crowdsourcing. Doesn’t. Get. Better. Than. This.
18 comments
Katie says:
May 24, 2010
Wicked!! I vote Tim Murray or Boris Agassi or something like that!!
Molly Longden says:
May 24, 2010
Louis Spencer.
Dan Lewis says:
May 24, 2010
Why don’t you name him something foreign because a Brit isnt likely to win Wimbledon! How about something like Markus Maggnesson or something Scandinavian?
Dan Lewis.
Bryn Morgan says:
May 24, 2010
Call him Austin Morgan
great name for a tennis player
Timbo says:
May 24, 2010
A Wimbledon-winning tennis player is unlikely to be a Brit, so I’d go for something like a mainland European portmanteau of firstname and surname:
Gerard Blanche
Sebastian De Viet
Robert Bergsson
Justin says:
May 24, 2010
Yes, what nationality are we talking here? I suppose he could be American. My truly international suggestions: Adam Munro; Devon Hardaker; Ivan Marjanovic; Ryan Borowski; Sven Locke. x
Ilana says:
May 24, 2010
Yeah, I’m guessing he wouldn’t be British … unfortunately! x
Matty B says:
May 24, 2010
Gustav Sonneson.
Louise Bates says:
May 24, 2010
Sylvain Bates, Jean-Pierre Piermont, or maybe…….Louis Bates!!!!!
Sarah says:
May 24, 2010
Milan Savic, the sulky Slav. I do not see him as a charming dinner companion.
Karen Brown says:
May 24, 2010
Clinton Mogridge
Spencer Curran
Christian Coxshall
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Jemma says:
May 24, 2010
Drew – Chamberlain, Mackenzie, Hamilton or Bowman
Naomi Stern says:
May 24, 2010
Monty Milanovoch x
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sue says:
May 25, 2010
Adam Swain x
Melissa says:
May 25, 2010
I vote Petr Ronaldson.
Geraldine Torendo says:
May 25, 2010
French names work best.
Paul-Henri Durand
Bertrande Petit
Christophe Moreau
Laurent Dubois
Ally says:
May 25, 2010
HI,
James Forrester was the name that instantly came into my head. Sounds quite British but could pass as an American if shortened to Jim?
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