Your Friend Forever

Zena Barrie lives in Manchester and runs the Greater Manchester Fringe and the Camden Fringe. She ran the Kings Arms pub and Theatre in Salford for a while and also the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, as well as working in a wide variety of roles at the Edinburgh Fringe (from street performer to venue manager). In the 90s she did a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts specialising in playwriting. Up until recently she has been co-hosting the award winning spoken word night Verbose. She is also one half of performance art duo The Sweet Clowns. Your Friend Forever is her first novel.@ZenaBarrie

'Maud is the funniest teenager since Adrian Mole ... A beautiful book about hope and perseverance' Robin Ince'Brilliantly transports readers back to the innocence of an Eighties adolescence ... Though Maud wouldn't realise it in a million years, it's a total joy to spend time with her' Alex Lowe 'The laughs just keep coming – peppered with gut-punches, it's an Adrian Mole for the twenty-first century. A beautiful novel' Lizzie Roper 'A hilarious and heartbreaking fan letter to the confused teenagers we once were, and the confused adults we become' Geoff Lloyd