Sarra Manning
Sarra Manning is a teen queen extraordinaire. She spent five years working on the legendary but now sadly defunct UK teen mag, J17, first as a writer and then as Entertainment Editor. She then joined the launch team and became editor of teen fashion bible Ellegirl UK. There followed a stint as editor of the BBC's What To Wear and consulting on Bliss, The Face and More. Sarra now writes for ELLE, Grazia, Red, InStyle, The Guardian, The Mail On Sunday's You magazine and The Sunday Telegraph's Stella.
Her best-selling teen novels, which include Guitar Girl, Let's Get Lost and The Diary Of A Crush trilogy, have been translated into numerous languages and in 2008, she was short listed for the Book People's Queen of Teen award. In 2009, her first adult novel, Unsticky, was published by Headline Review. Sarra lives in North London.
Books
Adorkable
Author: Sarra Manning
Publisher: Atom Books
Interest age: 14-17
Reading age: 13+
A quirky, appealing and original young adult romance told from two contrasting perspectives, this is a sharp-eyed and funny insight into relationships for the Rookie generation.
Diary of a Crush: French Kiss
Author: Sarra Manning
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Interest age: 13+
Reading age: 11+
First published as a hugely popular serial story in Just 17 magazine, French Kiss is the first in a trilogy following the tumultuous relationship between Edie and her on-off boyfriend Dylan.
Guitar Girl
Author: Sarra Manning
Publisher: Hachette
Interest age: 12+
Reading age: 10+
17-year-old Molly and her two friends dream of starting a girl band, but when her dream comes true she's left struggling to remember who she was before she became lead singer of The Hormones.
Pretty Things
Author: Sarra Manning
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Interest age: 15+
Reading age: 13+
Sarra Manning cleverly conveys the confusion and uncertainty of adolescence, revealing that sexuality is not always as straightforward as we are sometimes led to believe
The Worst Girlfriend in the World
Author: Sarra Manning
Publisher: ATOM
Interest age: 13+
Reading age: 13+
Set in a northern seaside town, this is a funny, smart story of the ups-and-downs of teenage friendship.