Jenny Downham

Jenny Downham trained as an actor and worked in alternative theatre before starting to write.  Her debut novel, Before I Die (David Fickling Books, 2007), sold in 35 languages, won several national and international awards and was made into a movie starring Dakota Fanning.  Her second novel, You Against Me (David Fickling Books, 2010), won the Waterstones Teen Fiction Prize, and her third novel, Unbecoming (David Flicking Books, 2015), won the Stonewall Honor Award from the American Library Association.  Her fourth novel, Furious Thing (David Flicking Books, 2019), was longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards and the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and the Costa Book Awards.   

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