� Attended Brighton Polytechnic School
� Had a daughter (Kim) when she was 20 who was given up for adoption. She was reunited with her when Kim was 26.
� Her books are loosely autobiographical and all the characters are based on actual people (including Angus)
� Wrote humor for magazines, radio, and other comedians
� A stand-up comedienne, she wrote and performed a one-woman show entitled Stevie Wonder Touched My Face, which she performed on tour as well as on T.V.
� Wrote a column for a London newspaper. A segment she wrote, �Dating Over 35,� inspired Picadilly Press to invite her to write a book
� The American edition of her first book, Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging, was published in 2000
� Angus was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book (2001)
� She writes the first draft of her books in longhand
� Presently lives in the seaside town of Brighton, England
� Her favorite city is New York
� Her next book will be about a girl who emigrates to America from England
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