Dr Joanna Nadin is a British author of children's and adult literary fiction best known for the Carnegie Medal-nominated Joe All Alone (now a BAFTA-winning BBC drama) and the Rachel Riley series of novels Based on Nadin's own childhood, the series follows the comedic narration of a 13-year-old girl growing up in Saffron Walden, Essex. She is a winner of the Lancashire Fantastic Book award, Blue Peter 'Book of the Month' and BBC Radio 4 Open Book 'Book of the Year', has twice been shortlisted for the Queen of Teen award, and Spies, Dad, Big Lauren and Me was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. In 2011, Penny Dreadful is a Magnet for Disaster was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny prize. Nadin previously worked as a policy writer for the Labour Party. In 2001, she became a special adviser to Tony Blair. She continues to freelance as a speechwriter and editor and lectures in creative writing at Bristol University. In 2016 a primary-aged reader wrote to Nadin, pointing out a grammatical mistake in her book "The Stepmonster". Nadin's humorous letter in reply went viral. Bibliography (see www.joannanadin.com for full bibliography) Adult fiction The Talk of Pram Town, London: Macmillan, (2021) The Queen of Bloody Everything, London: Macmillan, (2018) Young adult fiction Everybody Hurts, London: Atom, (2018) Paradise, London: Walker, (2011) Wonderland, London: Walker, (2009) Eden, London: Walker, (2013) 9-12 (MG) fiction No Man's Land, Lancaster: UCLan, (2021) Where Do You Go, Birdy Jones, London: Hachette, (2018) The Incredible Billy Wild, London: Hachette, (2017) White Lies, Black Dare, London: Hachette, (2015) Joe All Alone, London: Hachette, (2013) Buttercup Mash, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2011) Spies, Dad, Big Lauren and Me, London: Piccadilly Press, (2011) The Money, Stan, Big Lauren and Me, London: Piccadilly Press, (2013) Rachel Riley series My So-called Life: the Tragically Normal Diary of Rachel Riley, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2007), The Life of Riley: My Utterly Hopeless Search for the One, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2008), The Meaning of Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2008), My Double Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2009), My (not so) Simple Life, Oxford University Press, (2009), Back to Life: Rachel Riley (sort of) seizes the day, Oxford University Press, (2009), The Facts of Life: Rachel Riley (almost) wakes up and smells the coffee, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2010), The Time of My Life: The Last Hurrah, Oxford: Oxford University