This Winter

Alice Oseman was born in 1994 in Kent, England. She completed a degree in English at Durham University in 2016 and is currently a full-time writer and illustrator. Alice can usually be found staring aimlessly at computer screens, questioning the meaninglessness of existence, or doing anything and everything to avoid getting an office job. Alice's first book, SOLITAIRE, was published when she was nineteen.

Praise for SOLITAIRE:“The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age” The Times“The most honest and authentic account of modern teenage life that you’ll read this year… outstanding contemporary fiction with appeal to fans of John Green.” The Bookseller‘A very authentic, teenage voice’ – Sunday Times‘Solitaire is an extraordinary novel … [Oseman] has captured her characters’ rage, humour and insecurity with aplomb.’ The Financial Times‘Oseman proves herself a clever, witty writer’ Publishers Weekly“Full of wit, cynicism, sarcasm and humour. This book is relatable yet original at the same time.” Goodreads review