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

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.Caroline Horn
"Joanna Nadin: My so-called début"
, Bookseller.com, 4 May 2007 She is a winner of the Lancashire Fantastic Book award,

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'Book of the Month' and

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'' 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

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. 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

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. 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 Press, (2013),

Illustrated children's stories (5-9)

*''The Worst Class series'', illustrated by Rikin Parekh, London: Usborne (2020-current) *''The Penny Dreadful series'', illustrated by Jess Mikhail, London: Usborne (2011-2017) *''The Flying Fergus series'', with Sir Chris Hoy, illustrated by Clare Elsom, London: Piccadilly (2015-2019) *''Maisie Morris and the Awful Arkwrights'', illustrated by Arthur Robins, London: Walker, (2003), *''Solomon Smee Versus The Monkeys '', illustrated by Arthur Robins, London: Walker, (2004) *''Maisie Morris and the Whopping Lies'', illustrated by Arthur Robins, London: Walker, (2005) *''Jake Jellicoe and the Dread Pirate Redbeard'', illustrated by David Roberts, London: Walker, (2006) *''Candy Plastic'', illustrated by Sue Mason, London: Walker, (2007),

References

External links

Joanna Nadin Books
listed in the World Catalog at worldcat.org, retrieved 18-05-2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadin, Joanna British children's writers English women writers Living people British women children's writers Year of birth missing (living people)