Sarra Manning, teen queen extraordinaire, spent five years working on the legendary but now sadly defunct UK teen mag, J17, first as a writer and then as Entertainment Editor.
She then joined the launch team and became editor of teen fashion bible Ellegirl UK.
There followed a stint as editor of the BBC's What To Wear and consulting on Bliss, The Face and More.
Sarra now writes for ELLE, Grazia, Red, InStyle, The Guardian, The Mail On Sunday's You magazine, Harper's Bazaar and The Sunday Telegraph's Stella.
Her bestselling teen novels, which include Guitar Girl, Let's Get Lost, The Diary Of A Crush trilogy and The Fashionistas series, have been translated into numerous languages and in 2008, she was shortlisted for the Queen of Teen award.
Sarra also writes adult fiction and her grown-up novel, Unsticky, was published in 2009.
Her latest teen novel, Nobody's Girl was published earlier this year and her next adult novel, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, will be released in February 2011.
Sarra lives in North London.
- Sarra's Roller Derby name would be Loco Chanel.
- A huge fan of Glee, when faced with a dilemma, Sarra often asks herself, what would Sue Sylvester do?
- Sarra was once blacklisted by the 90's pop group, Five, for writing a feature called Is This The Rudest Boyband in Britain?
- Sarra collects snowglobes and metal lunchboxes, the tackier the better.
- For more fun facts, follow Sarra on Twitter: http://twitter.com/sarramanning
