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Alice Oseman

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Alice Oseman is a British young adult author, illustrator, screenwriter, and comics artist born on 16 October 1994 in Chatham.

Oseman was educated at Rochester Grammar School before going on to study at Durham University. Her first novel, Solitaire, was published when she was nineteen years old. She went on to write further novels, including Radio Silence, I Was Born for This, and Loveless, working throughout in English and addressing young adult and children's readerships.

Among her works, Heartstopper holds a central place. Oseman served as writer, creator, and executive producer of a television adaptation of Heartstopper, which is set to be released on Netflix. That project brought her considerable recognition: her accolades include a British Book Award, three Children's and Family Emmy Awards, three Goodreads Choice Awards, and a Silver Inky Award. In November 2023 she was named to the BBC's 100 Women list, and she appeared on the list again in October 2024.

Across novels, comics writing, and screenwriting, Oseman works consistently within young adult and children's storytelling, combining her roles as writer, illustrator, and comics artist throughout her career.

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Do you think that, if we were happy for our entire lives, we would die feeling like we’d missed out on something?
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Do you think that, if we were happy for our entire lives, we would die feeling like we’d missed out on something?
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We’re so used to disaster that we accept it. We think we deserve it.
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We’re so used to disaster that we accept it. We think we deserve it.
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I’m excellent at faking being okay with things, even when inside my brain there is a tiny screaming gnome who is definitely not okay.
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I’m excellent at faking being okay with things, even when inside my brain there is a tiny screaming gnome who is definitely not okay.
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It must be useful to be smart,” she said and then laughed weakly. She glanced down and suddenly looked very sad. “I’m like, constantly scared I’m going to be a homeless or something. I wish our whole lives didn’t have to depend on our grades.
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It must be useful to be smart,” she said and then laughed weakly. She glanced down and suddenly looked very sad. “I’m like, constantly scared I’m going to be a homeless or something. I wish our whole lives didn’t have to depend on our grades.
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Why did I do this? Why am I like this?
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Why did I do this? Why am I like this?
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Maybe it just takes seventy years to get the hang of being alive.
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Maybe it just takes seventy years to get the hang of being alive.
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I don’t remember it happening. I don’t remember anything I’ve done, or why. Everything’s very confused.
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I don’t remember it happening. I don’t remember anything I’ve done, or why. Everything’s very confused.
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I swear to God I’m a freak. I mean it. One day I’m going to forget how to wake up.
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I swear to God I’m a freak. I mean it. One day I’m going to forget how to wake up.
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You know, if you want to be happier, you have to try. You have to put in the effort. Your problem is that you don’t try.” I do try. I have tried. I have tried for sixteen years.
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You know, if you want to be happier, you have to try. You have to put in the effort. Your problem is that you don’t try.” I do try. I have tried. I have tried for sixteen years.
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Radio’s trapped in Universe City. And someone’s finally heard him. Someone is going to rescue him.
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Radio’s trapped in Universe City. And someone’s finally heard him. Someone is going to rescue him.
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