Zoë Foster Blake (born 28 July 1980) is an Australian author, skin care founder and entrepreneur.

Early life

Zoë Foster Blake was born Zoë Foster on in

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, and was raised in

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. Her father is the novelist

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and her mother Gerda Busch is a counsellor. She is the youngest in a

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of eight children. She studied media and communications at the

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Career

Writing

Foster Blake began her writing career in magazines, including Smash Hits, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar, before blogging full-time and writing as a columnist. She has written 17 books and one audiobook. She is primarily published by

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Australia. Five non-fiction: ''Amazing Face'', a beauty tips and tricks guide; ''Textbook Romance'', a relationship advice book for young women co-authored with her husband

Hamish Blake Hamish Donald Blake (born 11 December 1981) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, actor and author. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on ...

; and ''Break-Up Boss'', which offers practical advice for the brokenhearted, ''Amazinger Face'' and ''Love!''. She has also published five novels: ''Air Kisses'', ''Playing The Field'', ''The Younger Man'', ''The Wrong Girl'' and ''Things Will Calm Down Soon''. In 2020, she released ''Clean Slate'', a novella

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narrated by

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and published by

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. In 2017, she published her first children's picture book, ''No One Likes a Fart''. It won the 2018 Australian Book Industry (ABIA) Awards Children's Picture Book of the Year. In 2020, Foster Blake published her second children's book, ''Back to Sleep'', which was followed by ''Fart and Burp are Superstinkers'' in 2021, ''Scaredy Bath'' and ''Battle Mum'' in 2022, ''Fart's Favourite Smells'' in 2023, and ''The Best Present Ever'' in 2024. In November 2015,

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announced it would screen a television show called '' The Wrong Girl'' in 2016, which was based on her novel of the same name. It ran for two seasons. Her newest novel, Things Will Calm Down Soon, has been optioned by Made Up Stories.

Business

In April 2014, Foster Blake launched a skincare brand, Go-To. In 2016, she launched a men's skincare line, Bro-To, and in 2019 she launched a children's bath and body range, Gro-To. In August 2021, BWX Group purchased a 50.1 per cent stake in Go-To for $89 million. BWX went into voluntary administration in April 2023 and, in December 2023, Foster Blake and Go-To co-founder Paul Bates bought back BWX's stake in Go-To.

Other work

She launched a break-up app called Break-Up Boss in April 2017, which donates 10% of every sale to Safe Steps. She published the ''Break-Up Boss'' book in April 2018. She is an ambassador for

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, and Look Good Feel Better.

Personal life

In December 2012, Foster Blake married Australian TV and radio personality

in a private ceremony at

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, New South Wales, Australia. They have one son, Sonny Donald Blake, born 10 May 2014, and one daughter, Rudy Hazel Blake, born 17 July 2017.{{Cite web, url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-kids/zoe-foster-blake-and-hamish-blake-having-second-baby-share-news-beyonce-style/news-story/b48cefcb33adbdab2fe6c956f429995e, title=Zoe Foster Blake and Hamish Blake having second baby, share news 'Beyonce style', date=3 February 2017, website=News.com.au

Bibliography

Non-fiction

*2009: ''Textbook Romance.'' (co-authored with

). Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 978-0143009474. *2011: ''Amazing Face: clever beauty tricks, should-own products + spectacularly useful how-to-do-its.'' Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 978-0670075256. *2018: ''Break-Up Boss''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9780143785620. *2016: ''Amazinger Face''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9780670078233. *2019: ''Love! An Enthusiastic and Modern Perspective on Matters of the Heart''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9780143788775.

Novels

* 2009: ''Air Kisses.'' Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 978-0749007270. * 2011: ''Playing The Field.'' Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 978-1921518010. * 2012: ''The Younger Man.'' Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9781921518607. * 2014: ''The Wrong Girl.'' Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 978-1921901270. * 2024: ''Things Will Calm Down Soon''. Atlantic Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9781922928023.

Audiobooks

* 2020: ''Clean Slate''. Audible.

Children's books

*2017: ''No One Likes A Fart''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9780143786603. *2020: ''Back To Sleep''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9781760897901. * 2021: ''Fart and Burp are Superstinkers.'' Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9781761043451. * 2022: ''Scaredy Bath''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9780593520635. * 2022: ''Battle Mum''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9780143779704. * 2023: ''Fart's Favourite Smells''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9781761341595. * 2024: ''The Best Present Ever''. Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN, 9781761343711.

References

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External links

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