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Alice Oseman is an award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter, and was born in 1994 in Kent, England. She has written four YA contemporary novels about teenage disasters: SOLITAIRE, RADIO SILENCE, I WAS BORN FOR THIS, and LOVELESS. She is the creator of LGBTQ+ YA romance webcomic HEARTSTOPPER, which is now published in physical form by Hachette Children's Books, and she is the writer, creator, and executive producer for the television adaptation of HEARTSTOPPER, which is set to be released on Netflix.

Alice’s first novel SOLITAIRE was published when she was nineteen. Her YA novels have been nominated for the YA Book Prize, the Inky Awards, the Carnegie Medal, and the Goodreads Choice Awards.

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Average rating: 4.4 · 3,565,681 ratings · 367,847 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 937,614 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 588,333 ratings — published 2019 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3) 4.53 avg rating — 515,555 ratings — published 2020 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4) 4.56 avg rating — 457,010 ratings — published 2021 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) 4.45 avg rating — 213,091 ratings — published 2023 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nick and Charlie 4.12 avg rating — 159,194 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solitaire 3.92 avg rating — 149,501 ratings — published 2014 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radio Silence 4.17 avg rating — 132,901 ratings — published 2016 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loveless 4.16 avg rating — 125,095 ratings — published 2020 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Winter (Solitaire, #0.5) 4.05 avg rating — 106,691 ratings — published 2015 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I wonder- if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

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“Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance. Because they're just as important. Actually, for us, they're way more important.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

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“But books–they’re different. When you watch a film, you’re sort of an outsider looking in. With a book–you’re right there. You are inside. You are the main character.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

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Radio Silence

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Queens of Geek

by Jen Wilde

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None of the Above

by I.W. Gregorio

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Ramona Blue

by Julie Murphy

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message 10: by Kai (last edited Jan 09, 2022 03:53AM)

Jan 09, 2022 03:53AM

Hello Ms. Oseman! I just wanted to say thank you! Thank you so much for making the Heartstopper series! I just got the 4 books for christmas and I've already read all of them 4 times each since!

You probably don't read your comments, but I still wanted to say thank you!

Your huge fan,
Kai

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message 9: by chloe

Dec 16, 2021 10:43PM

Thank you so so much for accepting my friend request <33

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message 8: by Giorgos

Sep 15, 2021 01:56PM

.......... Kariotis Georges ,,,,,,,,,,, from ........ Volos ......... GREECE .. !!!!!!!!!!!!

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message 7: by Kai (last edited Sep 21, 2021 02:17PM)

Sep 14, 2021 02:22PM

Oh wow!!! Thank you so much for accepting my friend request!!!!!!! I have read your Heartstopper series about 3-4 times and I'm still continuing to read them. I have also been on the hunt for your other books, and I am so excited to read them! Thank you again for accepting my friend request!

~Kay/Caution

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message 6: by Alex

Aug 10, 2021 05:41AM

thank you for accepting my fr!! :)

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message 5: by Temi

Jan 16, 2021 06:08PM

Hey Alice, tysm for accepting my friend request! Ur my fav author so it means a lot :)
I hope u get well soon and that u feel better :))

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message 4: by roosmarijn

Dec 12, 2020 10:58PM

hi there dear dear alice!! not sure if you'll see this but thank you so much for accepting my friend request!! <3 you're an absolute gem and i admire you and your work so so much!! thank you for creating such a save haven for so many people, you're awesome!!

cant wait to follow your reading journey and talk books with you!! xx roos

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message 3: by Olivia

Feb 08, 2020 05:45PM