Dorothy Koomson

Dorothy's mother encouraged her to read and write while still in her south London nursery but even so, writing your first ever novel by the age of 13 is no mean feat. That’s what Dorothy Koomson did.

The holder of a master’s degree in journalism, Koomson’s education saw her traverse between London and Leeds and back to London again before she graced the world with ‘The Cupid Effect’, her first literary offering as a published author.

Exposure on a popular UK morning show for ‘My Best Friend’s Girl’, her third novel, saw the book sell over 500,000 copies. Her fourth novel, Marshmallows for Breakfast, won an award for selling over 250,000 copies. 

Koomson has written 16 bestselling novels and in 2010, she published The Ice Cream Girls which was adapted as a hugely successful BBC drama series three years later. 

Last year, Koomson was elected to the Society of Authors board of directors. In her pre-election statement, she wrote: “I think joining the SoA Management Committee after being a member for 17 years will be another way to help improve the every-day working life of authors."