Laura Barnett (born 1982) is a British journalist, author and theatre critic.

Early life

Barnett was educated at

Lady Margaret School Lady Margaret School an all-girls' Church of England secondary school in Parsons Green, Fulham, London. It was awarded specialist school status (a government funding scheme defunct since 2010) as a Mathematics & Computing College in Septem ...

Parsons Green Parsons Green is a mainly residential district in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The Green itself, which is roughly triangular, is bounded on two of its three sides by the New King's Road section of the King's Road, A308 road ...

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

, London, followed by Spanish and Italian at

Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refounded ...

, and newspaper journalism at

City, University of London City, University of London, is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, and a member institution of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City Univ ...

Career

Barnett has written for ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'', ''

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...

'', ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was fo ...

'' and '' Time Out''. In 2014, Barnett published '' Advice from the Players'', collected advice from actors for those hoping to pursue a theatrical career. It is being translated into 14 languages. Her first novel was '' The Versions of Us''. It sold over 240,000 copies in the UK, and has been translated into 25 languages. Her second novel is ''Greatest Hits''. Her third will be ''Salvage''.

Selected publications

* '' Advice from the Players'' (Nick Hern Books, 2014) * '' The Versions of Us'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016) * ''Greatest Hits'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017) * ''Salvage'' (TBA)

Personal life

Barnett is married, and lives in London.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnett, Laura Living people People educated at Lady Margaret School Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge British women journalists British women novelists Alumni of City, University of London Writers from London 1982 births