NEW BOOK! WHEN GOOD GEEKS GO BAD 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 Nosy Crow Nosy Crow 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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