The Book of Witty Women: 15 new laugh-out-loud stories by women writers

About Annemarie CancienneJean EndeJosie LongKathy LetteKim ClaydenKimberley AdamsLucy VinePaula LennonSadia Azmat

Helen Lederer is a writer actress comedian and presenter. Her comedy novel Losing It was nominated for the PG Wodehouse Comedy Literary award. Helen set up the Comedy Women in Print award because she wanted to shine a light on witty women writers. Kathy Lette has written 20 books including 14 best-selling novels the first of which was Puberty Blues and the latest of which is Till Death or a little light maiming Do Us Part. She is published in over 17 languages. Her books have been made into films TV series and an opera. She also works as a TV presenter and a travel writer. Sadia Azmat is a British stand-up comedian writer and published author of Sex Bomb. In 2018 Sadia launched her critically acclaimed BBC podcast No Country For Young Women which was named as one of the Best Audio 2018 by the Observer and Apples Top picks 2018. Josie Long is a writer and a stand-up comedian. She won the Best Newcomer award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has been nominated three times for Best Show. She was born in Kent in 1982 and studied English at Oxford University. She currently lives in Glasgow. Lucy Vine is the best-selling author of Hot Mess What Fresh Hell Are We Nearly There Yet? Bad Choices and Seven Exes. Her books have been bought in 17 territories and optioned for TV/film. Paula Lennon writes in multiple genres including contemporary crime historical fiction and magical realism. She was longlisted for the Historical Writers Association/Sharpe Books Unpublished Novel Award and was a finalist in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition. Her Jamaican detective trilogy is published by Joffe Books.