{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{short description|British journalist and author|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Laura Barnett''' (born 1982)<ref name="greeneheaton.co.uk" /> is a British journalist, author and theatre critic.<ref name="EvenStd-2017-06-15">{{cite web | title=Greatest Hits by Laura Barnett – review | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/greatest-hits-by-laura-barnett-review-a3566236.html | first=Arifa | last=Akbar | newspaper=London Evening Standard | date=15 June 2017 | access-date=18 March 2019 }} </ref>
==Early life== Barnett was educated at Lady Margaret School in Parsons Green, Fulham, London,<ref name="laura-barnett.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.laura-barnett.co.uk/laura-barnett-greatest-hits-qa-nomad-books-london-thursday-13-july-7-30pm/|title=Laura Barnett 'Greatest Hits' Q&A at Nomad Books, London – Thursday 13 July, 7.30 pm – Laura Barnett: Author and Journalist|date=3 July 2017|website=laura-barnett.co.uk|accessdate=29 March 2018|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012719/http://www.laura-barnett.co.uk/laura-barnett-greatest-hits-qa-nomad-books-london-thursday-13-july-7-30pm/|url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by Spanish and Italian at Clare College, Cambridge, and newspaper journalism at City, University of London.<ref name="greeneheaton.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/laura-barnett/|title=Laura Barnett – Greene & Heaton|date=|website=greeneheaton.co.uk|accessdate=29 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laura-barnett.co.uk/debut-author-evening-waterstones-cambridge-thursday-2-july/|title=Debut author evening, Waterstones Cambridge, Thursday 2 July – Laura Barnett: Author and Journalist|date=8 June 2015|website=laura-barnett.co.uk|accessdate=29 March 2018}}</ref>
==Career== Barnett has written for ''The Guardian'', ''The Observer'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''Time Out''.<ref name="foyles.co.uk"/><ref name="greeneheaton.co.uk"/>
In 2014, Barnett published ''Advice from the Players'', collected advice from actors for those hoping to pursue a theatrical career.<ref name="foyles.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.foyles.co.uk/laura-barnett|title=Interview with Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us|date=|website=Foyles|accessdate=29 March 2018}}</ref> It is being translated into 14 languages.<ref name="foyles.co.uk"/>
Her first novel was ''The Versions of Us''.<ref name="Bookseller-2014-09-26">{{cite news | title=W&N wins auction for Barnett | url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/wn-wins-auction-barnett | first=Sarah | last=Shaffi | website=The Bookseller | date=26 September 2014 |access-date=18 March 2019 }} </ref><ref name="foyles.co.uk"/> It sold over 240,000 copies in the UK, and has been translated into 25 languages.<ref name="thebookseller.com">{{cite web | title=Laura Barnett's new book Salvage to W&N | url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/wn-acquires-laura-barnetts-new-book-salvage-473926 | first=Katherine | last=Cowdrey | website=The Bookseller | date=23 January 2017 |access-date=18 March 2019 }} </ref>
Her second novel is ''Greatest Hits''.<ref name="foyles.co.uk"/><ref name="laura-barnett.co.uk"/> Her third will be ''Salvage''.<ref name="thebookseller.com"/>
==Selected publications== * ''Advice from the Players'' (Nick Hern Books, 2014)<ref name="greeneheaton.co.uk"/> * ''The Versions of Us'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016)<ref name="greeneheaton.co.uk"/> * ''Greatest Hits'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017)<ref name="greeneheaton.co.uk"/> * ''Salvage'' (TBA)
==Personal life== Barnett is married, and lives in London.<ref name="foyles.co.uk"/>
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