{{short description|English author and performance poet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2019}} thumb|Image of Laura Dockrill holding one of her books '''Laura Lee Dockrill''' (born 28 May 1986) is an English author<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/poetry/article6044758.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514021507/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/poetry/article6044758.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2009|title=The Facebook poets: ten rising stars of British poetry|work=The Times|accessdate=21 July 2014| location=London | first=Esther | last=Walker | date=11 April 2009}}</ref> and performance poet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetingmagazine.com/interview-with-laura-dockrill/ |title=9 Questions for Laura Dockrill | fleeting |accessdate=2013-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226081454/http://www.fleetingmagazine.com/interview-with-laura-dockrill/ |archivedate=2013-02-26 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Dockrill is from Brixton, South London. She attended the BRIT School and Richard Atkins Primary School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://darlingmagazine.co.uk/women-to-watch/laura-dockrill-zombiemum-inspiring-woman/|title=Inspiring Woman, Laura Dockrill Aka Zombiemum|work=Darling Magazine|date=4 June 2021 |accessdate=21 September 2024}}</ref> She went on to graduate from Middlesex University.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/talking-bout-myspace-generation/28102204.html|title=Talking 'bout MySpace generation|journal=Belfast Telegraph|first1=Ed|last1=Caesar|first2=Helen|last2=Brown|first3=Christian|last3=Broughton|date=12 July 2006|accessdate=21 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativewritinghq.com/poetry|title=Poetry|website=Creative Writing HQ|accessdate=21 September 2024}}</ref>
Dockrill is married to musician Hugo White (from The Maccabees); they have a son, after whose birth Dockrill suffered severe postpartum psychosis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/20220509138214/laura-dockrill-honest-account-postpartum-psychosis/|title=Laura Dockrill reveals she was on 'suicide watch' after giving birth to baby - postpartum psychosis account|date=9 May 2022|website=HELLO!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/19/laura-dockrill-on-parenting-paranoia-and-postpartum-psychosis-i-thought-id-been-hijacked-by-a-devil|title=Laura Dockrill on parenting, paranoia and postpartum psychosis: 'I thought I'd been hijacked by a devil'|date=19 April 2021|website=the Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/09/my-summer-of-love-every-time-he-kissed-another-girl-my-heart-broke|title=My summer of love: 'Every time he kissed another girl, my heart broke'|first=Laura|last=Dockrill|date=9 July 2021|website=the Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/postnatal-depression-psychosis-fathers-day-b1867734.html|title=Opinion: I knew becoming a dad would be tough – but never imagined I'd be visiting my partner in a psychiatric hospital|date=19 June 2021|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/how-adele-set-laura-dockrill-on-path-to-recovery-from-postpartum-psychosis-1.4287352|title=How Adele set Laura Dockrill on path to recovery from postpartum psychosis|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/20210617115472/postpartum-psychosis-mental-health-laura-dockrill/|title=Postpartum psychosis: the crippling mental health illness as explained by Laura Dockrill|date=17 June 2021|website=HELLO!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/hugo-white-of-the-maccabees-on-his-partners-postpartum-psychosis-jgjj7xppz|title=Hugo White of the Maccabees on his partner's postpartum psychosis|first=Ben|last=Machell|date=8 May 2020 |via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref>
== Books ==
*''Mistakes in the Background'' (HarperCollins, 2008) *''Ugly Shy Girl'' (HarperCollins, 2009) *''Echoes'' (HarperCollins, 2010) *''What Have I Done? Motherhood, Mental illness & Me'' (Square Peg, 2020) *''I Love You, I Love You, I love You'' (HQ, 2024)
== Children's books ==
*''Darcy Burdock'' (2013) *''Lorali'' (Hot Key Books, 2015) *''Aurabel'' (Hot Key Books, 2017) *''My Mum's Growing Down'' (Faber & Faber, 2017) *''Big Bones'' (Hot Key Books, 2018) *''Angry Cookie'' (Walker Books, 2018) *''Robin Hood'' (Samuel French, 2018) *''My ideal boyfriend is a croissant'' (2019) *''Sequin and Stitch'' (Barrington Stoke, 2020) *''Butterfly Brain'' (Templar Publishing, 2020) *''The Lipstick'' (Walker Books, 2021)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/13/fashion Laura Dockrill – interview (The Guardian)] *[http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Authors/8319/laura-dockrill Laura Dockrill (HarperCollins)] *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2009_27_thu.shtml Laura Dockrill (BBC Radio)]
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