麥剋·蓋爾（MIKE GAYLE），1970年齣生於英國伯明翰。目前為自由新聞工作者，曾是兩性關係專欄作傢，為許多知名雜誌撰稿。其作品以男性的視角，從都市男女情感的層麵切人，將社會給予男性的責任、女性寄予男性的期待及由此給男人帶來的不安全感和恐懼感等，進行瞭細緻入微的刻畫，讓人一窺男性內心的私密世界，令人耳目一新，開闢瞭全新的“男性自白文學”。

When Rob's girlfriend asks him to leave London and live with her in Manchester not only will it mean moving cities, it'll also mean leaving behind his best mate in the entire world. Believing that love conquers all and convinced of his ability to make new friends, Rob takes the plunge.Six months in, and yet to find so much as a regular drinking buddy, Rob realises that sometimes making friends in your thirties can be the hardest thing to do. With drastic action needed, his girlfriend puts an ad in the classifieds for him. Three excruciatingly embarrassing "bloke dates" later, Rob begins to truly despair. Until his luck changes...There's just one problem. Apart from knowing less than nothing about music trivia, football, and the vital statistics of supermodels, Rob's new friend has one huge flaw...She's a girl.