Curriculum Vitae
Books
2022 2019 2019 2015 2014 2013 2012 |
You're Not The Boss Of Me The Weird Friends Fan Club When Good Geeks Go Bad 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 Nosy Crow Nosy Crow Nosy Crow |
Awards & Nominations
2022 2014 | Writers Guild Awards FAB Book Awards | Winner (Co-Writer, online Sketch) 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
2018 - Present 2012 |
Drunk Women Solving Crime Live Podcast Shows Joy Is My Middle Name |
London, Edinburgh Festival 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
2022 2016 2015 2014 2014 2014 2012 2012 |
Co-Writer/performer 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) |
Menopause Sketch 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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YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME is A laugh-out-loud story about fighting for your right to steal the show. Out on March 3rd, available to pre-order now.