Curriculum Vitae

Books

2015

2014

2013

2012

My Great Success And Other Failures

My School Musical And Other Punishments

My Brilliant Life And Other Disasters

My Best Friend And Other Enemies

Nosy Crow

Awards & Nominations

2014

FAB Book Awards

Nominee

2013	Bookbuzz List	Bookbuzz
2012	No. 1 in Top 10 Children's Books For Christmas	The Independent
2011	Top 10 Comedians to Catch in 2011	Dave TV
2011	Best Live Comedy Show Nominee	NOTBBC Website
2010	Finalist – New Act of the Year	Laughing Boy (National Competition)
2008	Winner - King Gong	Comedy Store Gong Show

Live Shows

2012	Joy Is My Middle Name	Edinburgh Festival
2012	Sex Appeal Benefit	Bloomsbury Theatre
2011	A Chip Off The Odd Block	Edinburgh Festival
2010	Inheritance Tax	Camden Fringe
2009	It's Got Jokes In	Edinburgh Festival
2009	Three Jesters In Leicester	Leicester Comedy Festival
2009	Lest Fest	Leicester Comedy Festival
2009	Midnight Comedy Showcase	Brighton Festival
2008	Comedy O'Clock	Edinburgh Festival

TV and Radio

2011	FHM Stand Up Hero	Baby Cow ITV4
2011	Show Pony & Big Fun Co Presenter	Shoreditch Radio
2010	One Life Left Guest	Resonance FM
2009	My First Gig Guest	Resonance FM

Writing

2016 2015 2014 2014 2014 2012 2012	Contributing Editor Unannounced film adaptation My Brilliant Life And Other Disasters Z List Deadlist Articles The News Quiz Comedy Studies Vol 3 No 2 (contributor)	Tantrum.xyz Magazine Matador Films Citrus Television Z List Deadlist Podcast Standard Issue Magazine BBC Radio 4 Intellect Journals
2011	Females in Comedy: The Minority Retort	Independent (blog)
2011	Stand-Up Put Downs (contributor)	Transworld
2010	Hotel Trubble	BBC1
2010	New Humanist Magazine	The Rationalist Association
2009	The Atheists Guide To Christmas (Contributor)	The Friday Project
2009	The Works	Madam Jojo's
2008	Sex Bombs	Ulan Productions
2008-9	Nothing New Under The Sun	BBC3

What the press have to say....

"Very funny" - Jimmy Carr

"Wonderfully funny" - Chortle

"A keen and insightful comedy mind, black-as-night sense of mischief and an excellent comedy writer performer. She’ll only get bigger" - Dave Website

"You can definitely write" - Iain Morris

"A gauche charm and sharp and circuitous wit" - Three Weeks

"Laugh out loud comedy" - BBC3

"Deliciously Sick... A fertile imagination in the writing, with a keen grasp of how to express it" - Chortle

"Her relaxed and polished reflections are genuinely clever and well-crafted...the mark of a good comic" - Maddog Magazine

On 'My Best Friend And Other Enemies'...

The Guardian – “A fantastic read… it deserves to be in every school library.”

The Independent - “Properly funny, a hilarious tale of childhood friendship"

Harry Hill - "This book is hilarious!"
Jenny Colgan - "I totally loved My Best Friend & Other Enemies - brilliantly funny and painfully true"

On 'A Chip Off The Odd Block'...

**** Metro
”Exceedingly charming and self-effacing... A nice line in acidic sarcasm”

**** Broadway Baby
“wonderfully refreshing... brilliant”

**** Three Weeks
“Wilkins is a delight”

**** The Skinny
“Wilkins' is an assuredly distinct comic voice”

**** EdinburghGuide.com
“expertly constructed, extracting laughs at the right places”

On 'Joy Is My Middle Name'...

**** Three Weeks
”A delightfully hilarious show. Pure joy”

**** Cream of the Fringe
”At ease dry delivery, humorous tales...there's something for everyone”

The List
”Endearingly self-deprecating and funny”

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