Alice Oseman

Alice Oseman (born October 16, 1994, in Chatham, Kent, England) is an English author, illustrator, and screenwriter best known for contemporary young-adult storytelling with a sharp emotional edge and inclusive representation. Working across novels, comics, and television, Oseman has become a defining voice in modern YA culture.

She broke through early with her debut novel Solitaire, published when she was just nineteen, and went on to write additional YA favorites including Radio Silence, I Was Born for This, and Loveless. Her books, often centered on the messiness of teenage life, have earned major attention with nominations spanning the YA Book Prize, the Inky Awards, the Carnegie Medal, and the Goodreads Choice Awards.

Oseman is also the creator of Heartstopper, the LGBTQ+ romance webcomic that expanded into bestselling print editions through Hachette Children’s Group. She brought the story to the screen as the series’ writer, creator, and executive producer for Netflix, and she is credited in Heartstopper with an uncredited appearance as “Girl on Train.”

Outside her work, Oseman is known for a low-key set of passions: playing piano, enjoying Pokémon games, and collecting more Converse than necessary.