Grace Dent

Grace Dent
Born	October 3, 1973 (1973-10-03) (age 38) Carlisle, Cumbria
Occupation	Journalist and author

Grace Dent (born 3 October 1973) is an English journalist, author, and broadcaster.^{[1] [2]} Dent writes mainly for The Guardian, where she has a weekly column on television, 'Grace Dent's TV-OD'. She also writes for magazines such as Tatler and Marie Claire. She writes a restaurant review column for the London Evening Standard called 'Grace and Flavour'. She has written eleven fiction novels which have been translated into twelve languages.^[1][3] Her "Diary of A Snob" novels were acquired for TV development by Nickelodeon in March 2011. Dent appears on British television and radio shows such as The Culture Show (BBC2), Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (BBC4), Front Row (Radio 4) The Lauren Laverne Show (BBC 6 Music) and Film 2010 (BBC1). Dent's first non-fiction title How To Leave Twitter (My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop) was published in July 2011. She is a judge on the 2011 Roald Dahl Funny Prize.

Career

Dent was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, and studied English Literature at Stirling University.^[1] While at university she was given her first break, working for the style magazine Cosmopolitan.

Journalist

After graduation she was employed as an editorial assistant at Marie Claire in London.^[1] In 1998 Dent became a freelance journalist with regular features and columns in women's magazines including Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and More. She worked for the tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror, visiting many international destinations to investigate off-beat and surreal stories.

Dent presently is a television critic for the broadsheet newspaper, The Guardian, her television column "World of Lather" appeared in The Guardian's "Guide" supplement from 2001-2010.^[3]

Dent has appeared numerous times on British television as a presenter and commentator. She has presented several films for The Culture Show (BBC Two) and was a writer and on-screen contributor to Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (BBC Four). During Big Brother 9, Dent was the regular critic on Big Brother's Little Brother (E4). In July 2008 she was a guest on Switch with Nick Grimshaw on Radio One. In October 2008 she appeared on the Piers Morgan series The Dark Side of Fame. In November 2008 she appeared on Radio 4's You and Yours, Ant and Dec: Where did it all go Right? (Five) and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Now (ITV2). In December 2008 she was a guest on I Love Celebrity Big Brother (E4). In March 2009 she appeared on Front Row (Radio 4) discussing missing television stars. In May 2009 Dent authored and presented a documentary for Channel 4 entitled Big Brother: A Decade In The Headlines. In July 2009 she appeared on the BB10 series of Big Brother's Little Brother (E4) and was also a guest on Charlie Brooker's You Have Been Watching (C4). In September 2010 she discussed teen literature on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. In October 2010 she was a panel member on The Apprentice: You're Fired on BBC2 and Seven Day Sunday with Chris Addison on Radio 5 Live, and Have I Got News For You (November 2011, BBC1) and Film 2010 (BBC1).

Published works

Dent is a bestselling author and has written eleven novels to date. Her first novel, It's a Girl Thing, was published in 2003. She was shortlisted for the 2008 Queen of Teen Prize.^[4] Dent's first non-fiction title How To Leave Twitter (My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop) was published in July 2011.

In October 2008, Dent was part of the judging panel for the Young Minds book awards. She is a judge on the 2011 Roald Dahl Funny Prize.

LBD

Her first trilogy of novels for Puffin Books focused on Miss Ronnie Ripperton and her two best friends, a.k.a "Les Bambinos Dangereuses."^[5]

1. It's a Girl Thing (2003)
2. The Great Escape (2004), also published under the title Live and Fabulous!
3. Curse of the Mega Boobed Bimbos (2005), also published under the title Friends Forever!

Diary of a Chav

In 2006 the first Diary of a Chav novel Trainers v. Tiaras was released for Hodder Books chronicling the life of Essex teenager Shiraz Bailey Wood. These books have sold 300,000+ copies in the UK.^{[citation needed]}

1. Trainers V. Tiaras (2007), also published under the titles Diary of a Chav and Diva Without a Cause
2. Slinging the Bling (2007), also published under the title Posh and Prejudice
3. Too Cool for School (2008)
4. The Ibiza Diaries (2008) also published under the title Ibiza Nights
5. The Fame Diaries (2008), also published under the title Fame and Fortune
6. Keeping It Real (2009), also published under the title The Real Diaries

Diary of a Snob

In December 2008 Dent signed a two-book deal with Hodder to write about Hampstead It-girl Poppet Zanzibar Montague-Jones. The first book was launched to the public with an event at Hay on Wye Literary Festival in June 2009. The novels were acquired for TV development by Nickelodeon in March 2011.

1. Poor Little Rich Girl (July 2009)
2. Money Can't Buy Me Love (September 2010) (originally proposed with the title Slumming It)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Grace Dent". lbditsagirlthing.com. http://www.lbditsagirlthing.com/author.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
2. ^ "Grace Dent". twitter.com. http://twitter.com/gracedent. Retrieved 2011-01-24. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "About Grace Dent". fantasticfiction.co.uk. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/grace-dent/. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
4. ^ "An Interview with Grace Dent, author of LBD: It’s a Girl Thing". Penguin books. http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141316260,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
5. ^ "Grace Dent: Biography". Puffin. http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000061143,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 

External links

• Grace Dent at the Internet Movie Database
• World of Lather
• TV OD

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Name	Dent, Grace
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Short description	English journalist and author
Date of birth	1973-10-03
Place of birth	Carlisle, Cumbria
Date of death
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