British · b. 1994
Alice Oseman is an English author and illustrator born in 1994 in Kent. She published her first novel, Solitaire, in 2014, when she was 19, after writing it as a teenager. Her other novels include Radio Silence, I Was Born for This, Loveless and Nick and Charlie. She began the webcomic Heartstopper in 2016 on Tumblr and Webtoon, and it was later published in print as a series of graphic novels. Heartstopper follows two teenage boys, Charlie and Nick, and their friends at a school in England. Oseman also wrote the screenplay for the Netflix adaptation, which premiered in 2022, and served as a creator and executive producer. Her books centre on teenagers, friendship, mental health and queer identity, and she writes in plain, conversational language. Heartstopper won the Goodreads Choice Award for Graphic Novels & Comics, and her work has sold millions of copies worldwide. She is one of the best-known voices in contemporary young adult fiction.