Sarra Manning

Sarra Manning is a writer from England. She attended the University of Sussex and took up an English with Media Studies degree. She became a freelance writer after submitting her work to "Melody Maker". She worked as the entertainment editor for five years of the now-defunct teen magazine "J-17". Manning was the editor of "Elle Girl" (UK edition), then re-launched "What To Wear" magazine for the BBC and has worked on UK magazines such as "Bliss" and "The Face". She's contributed to "ELLE", "Seventeen", "The Guardian" and "Details" and is a contributing editor to "ELLE UK" and writes regularly for "Grazia", "Red" and "Stella", as well as consulting for a number of British magazine publishers. She has been dubbed the "teen queen extraordinaire." Her first adult novel, "Unsticky" will be published by Hodder Headline in 2009.

She currently lives in North London.

Novels

* "Guitar Girl": UK, 2003; US, 2004
* "Diary of a Crush 1: French Kiss": UK, 2004; US, 2006
* "Diary of a Crush 2: Kiss and Make Up": UK, 2004 (parts given away with "J-17" magazine under the title, Losing It); US, 2006
* "Diary of a Crush 3: Sealed with a Kiss": UK, 2004 (parts given away with "J-17" magazine under the title, American Dream); US. 2006
* "Pretty Things": UK & US, 2005
* "Let's Get Lost": UK & US, 2006
* "Fashionistas 1: Laura": UK, 2007
* "Fashionistas 2: Hadley": UK, 2007
* "Fashionistas 3: Irina": UK, 2008
* "Fashionistas 4: Candy": UK, 2008

Quote

"Never shield your oddness, but wear your oddness like a shield." - Sarra Manning

External links

* [http://sarramanning.blogspot.com Official author's blog]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sarramanning Author's MySpace page]
* [http://www.hodderheadline.co.uk/authordetails.asp?author=19035&page=1&best= Author Details]
* [http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000061228,00.html?sym=BIO Sarra Manning - Penguin Group (USA) Authors]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/writing/people/sarra_manning.shtml BBC- Blast - Sarra Manning]