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Dolly Alderton (born 31 August 1988) is a British journalist, author and podcaster. She is a columnist for ''

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''. Her memoir ''

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'' won a 2018

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for

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and was shortlisted for the 2019 Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year in the

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, and adapted into a

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eponymous television drama series.

Early life

Alderton was born in London and raised in

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. She was born to British and Canadian parents, and describes herself as "half Canadian". Born Hannah Alderton, she changed her name to Dolly in her early teens. She was educated at St Margaret's School in

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, and

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, where she boarded in the sixth form. She earned a degree in Drama and English from the

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, and a master's degree in journalism from City University.

Career

Alderton is an author, journalist and podcast host.

Journalism

Alderton began writing for ''

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'' in 2015, working initially as a dating columnist from 2015 to 2017. In 2020, she began working as an agony aunt for ''The Sunday Times'' in her column ''Dear Dolly.''

Books

Alderton's debut book, ''Everything I Know About Love'', was published in February 2018.

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described it as "offering readers a frank and deeply personal account of friendships, relationships and growing up as a

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." The memoir was shortlisted for the

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in 2018 in the Autobiography category (won that year by

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for '' Becoming''). It was shortlisted for the 2018

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. In October 2020, Alderton was working on a TV adaptation of ''Everything I Know About Love''. It was produced by Working Title Television and

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for

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, with a screenplay by Alderton, directed by China Moo-Young. Her first novel, ''Ghosts,'' was published in October 2020 by Fig Tree. The novel concerns a 32-year-old food writer, Nina, who meets someone through a dating app, while her father is beginning to show signs of

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. In October 2020, it was reported that Alderton had sold the film rights to ''Ghosts.'' In October 2022, Alderton released a third book entitled ''Dear Dolly''. The book is a collection of her ''Sunday Times'' columns and also includes a new personal essay.

Podcasts

Alderton co-created and co-hosted ''The High Low'' with Pandora Sykes''.'' ''The High Low'' was a weekly

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focusing on pop culture and current affairs. The podcast ran for four years and over 150 episodes were recorded. The final episode aired on 2 December 2020. ''The High Low: A Christmas Special Live Stream'' took place on 8 December 2020 to raise funds for Blood Cancer UK. Alderton presented the podcast ''Love Stories'' in conjunction with her book ''Everything I Know About Love'', where she interviewed a number of guests including

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,

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and

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. Season one was released between February 2018 and May 2018, and season two between January 2019 and March 2019. In January 2019,

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published a feature titled ''Six inspiring lessons I learnt from Love Stories'', where Alderton described the experience as a "great privilege". Alderton has been a guest on numerous podcasts, including '' Off Menu'' with

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, ''How to Fail'' with

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, and ''Table Manners'' with

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. From February to April 2021, Alderton co-hosted a spin-off series for the ''Sentimental Garbage'' podcast titled ''Sentimental in the City'' with Caroline O'Donoghue. In March 2021, the podcast received a five-star review in The Times.

Themes

Alderton's work explores themes of love, female friendship, and her experiences living as a millennial woman. Naomi Gordon described Alderton's award-winning memoir ''Everything I Know about Love'' as "self-deprecating, and occasionally heartbreaking musings on love, friendship, relationships, and growing up as millennial".

Film, TV and radio

From 2011, Alderton worked as a story producer for series 2-5 of the BAFTA-winning ''

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'', made by Monkey Kingdom. Alderton has written and directed two independent films with her writing partner Lauren Bensted. Alderton released ''The Confluence'', a documentary about

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in 2014, and ''Anna Island'', a short film accepted to the

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, in 2015. Alderton worked as a script assistant on the final series of

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's '' Fresh Meat'' and directed the behind-the-scenes online videos for the last series of ''Fresh Meat'' and the last series of Channel 4's ''

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''. Alderton adapted her book ''Everything I Know About Love'' into a romantic comedy with Working Title TV. In May 2021, Alderton announced the adaptation had been commissioned by the BBC and later by

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in the US. The BBC synopsis describes the romantic comedy as a portrayal of two best friends, Maggie and Birdy, as they "finally land in London to live it large, when the unexpected happens – dependable Birdy gets a steady boyfriend." It has been described as a "generous, funny, warm-hearted and uplifting Sex & The City for millennials which covers bad dates and squalid flat-shares, heartaches and humiliations, and, most importantly, unbreakable female friendships". The drama premiered on

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in June 2022 and stars

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,

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,

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and Aliyah Odoffin. All episodes are available to stream on

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. In the same month, it was announced that

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picked the series as well for US streaming to add to its original programming catalogue lineup for the summer season, and it premiered on August 25, 2022. In 2020, she appeared on

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's ''

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'', nominating American actress

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.

Recognition

She appeared in a ''

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'' List in 2018. In 2019, she was a judge for the

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.

Personal life

Food is one of her principal interests, and she has named spaghetti vongole as her preferred last meal, and is passionate about pickling and vinegar.

Books

* (Reissued "With a new chapter on everything I know at thirty") * *

References

External links

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