# Alexandra Potter > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexandra_Potter > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexandra_Potter.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Potter > Source revision: 1352606467 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British author of romantic comedies (born 1970)}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP primary sources|date=October 2012}} {{Update|date=February 2023|updated=10 May 2016}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox writer | name = Alexandra Potter | birth_date = 1970 | birth_place = Bradford, Yorkshire, England | nationality = British | occupation = Author | alma_mater = Liverpool University | genre = Romantic comedy | notable_works = ''Me and Mr. Darcy'', ''Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up'' | awards = Best New Fiction at The Jane Austen Regency World Awards (2008) | years_active = 2000–present | website = {{URL|https://www.alexandrapotter.com}} }} '''Alexandra Potter''' (born in 1970) is a British author of [romantic comedies](/source/Romantic_comedy). == Biography == Born in [Bradford](/source/Bradford), [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), England, Potter was educated at [Liverpool University](/source/Liverpool_University), where she received an honours degree in English Literature and Film Studies.{{cite web|last=Potter|first=Alexandra|title=Alexandra Potter|url=http://www.alexandrapotter.com/about.html|publisher=Alexandra Potter|access-date=19 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307160521/http://www.alexandrapotter.com/about.html|archive-date=7 March 2019|url-status=dead}} In 1993, at the age of 23, Potter moved to [London](/source/London) to be the editor of a puzzle magazine. In her spare time, she wrote articles for British glossies such as ''[ELLE](/source/ELLE)'', ''[Company](/source/Company_(magazine))'', ''[More!](/source/More!)'', and ''[Cosmopolitan](/source/Cosmopolitan_(magazine))''. Five years later, she moved to Australia, where she worked for the Australian ''[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))'' and ''[Cleo Magazine](/source/Cleo_(magazine))''. In 1999, Potter began work on her first novel, ''What's New, Pussycat?''. She signed a deal with literary agent Stephanie Cabot. Within days of handing in her finished manuscript, a bidding war broke out between several publishers. Potter ended up signing a two-book deal, and ''Pussycat'' was published in April 2000. Potter has written 14 novels. Her books have been published in both the UK (including the Commonwealth) and the United States and have been translated and sold in 21 territories, including France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, [Greece](/source/Greece), [Turkey](/source/Turkey), Poland, Russia, [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria), [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia), Brazil, [Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(country)), [Romania](/source/Romania), [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia), China, [Croatia](/source/Croatia), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) and [Serbia](/source/Serbia). Her novel ''Me and Mr. Darcy'' won Best New Fiction at The Jane Austen Regency World Awards in May 2008. Potter has sold the film rights to several of her novels, including ''You're The One I Don't Want'' and ''Calling Romeo''. Her novel ''Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up'' was adapted into the American television series ''[Not Dead Yet](/source/Not_Dead_Yet)''.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/not-dead-yet-comedy-casey-johnson-david-windsor-mcg-pilot-order-abc-1234933178/|title='Not Dead Yet' Comedy, Based On 'Confessions Of A Forty-Something F**k Up' From Casey Johnson, David Windsor & McG Lands Pilot Order At ABC|work=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|first=Peter|last=White|date=February 14, 2022|access-date=May 17, 2022}} == Works == === Novels === # ''What's New, Pussycat?'' (2000) # ''Going La La'' (2001) # ''Calling Romeo'' (2002) # ''Do You Come Here Often?'' (2004) # ''Be Careful What You Wish For'' (2006) # ''Me and Mr Darcy'' (2007) # ''Who's That Girl?'' (2009) # ''You're The One That I Don't Want'' (US: ''You're (Not) The One'') (2010) # ''Don't You Forget About Me'' (2012) # ''The Love Detective'' (2014) # ''Love From Paris'' (2015) # ''Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up'' (2020) # ''One Good Thing'' (2022) # ''More Confessions of a Forty-Something F##K Up'' (2023) === Anthologies === # ''No Strings Attached'' for ''Girl's Night Out'' (2001) # ''Me and Mr. Darcy Again'' for ''Jane Austen Made Me Do It'' (2011) == References == == External links == * {{Cite web|title=Alexandra Potter (1970– ) |url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/alexandra-potter/|publisher=Fantastic Fiction}} Her publisher's web site * {{Cite web|title=Alexandra Potter|publisher=Alexandra Potter|url=http://www.alexandrapotter.com}} Her web site {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Potter Alexandra}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of the University of Liverpool Category:English women novelists Category:English magazine editors Category:English romantic fiction writers Category:English women journalists Category:English women non-fiction writers Category:English women magazine editors Category:Writers from Bradford Category:English women romantic fiction writers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexandra Potter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Potter) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Potter?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.