{{BLPrefimprove|date=February 2023}} {{Short description|English writer and journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} '''Sarra Manning''' is an English writer and journalist. She attended the [[University of Sussex]] and took an English with media studies degree. She became a freelance writer after submitting her work to ''[[Melody Maker]]''. She worked as the entertainment editor for five years of the now-defunct teen magazine ''[[Just Seventeen]]''. Manning was the editor of ''[[Elle Girl]]'' (UK edition), then re-launched ''What To Wear'' magazine for the BBC and has worked on UK magazines such as ''Bliss'' and ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]''. She has contributed to ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]]'', ''The Guardian'' and ''[[Details (magazine)|Details]]'' and is a contributing editor to ''Elle UK''. She writes regularly for ''[[Grazia]]'', ''[[Red (magazine)|Red]]'' and ''Stella'', as well as consulting for a number of British magazine publishers. Her books include teen fiction book ''Guitar Girl'', and the ''Diary of a Crush'' trilogy.
Manning is currently{{when|date=February 2023}} the literary editor of ''Red'' magazine, a UK women's magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amheath.com/authors/sarra-manning/|title=Sarra Manning|publisher=AM Heath Literary Agents|access-date=2019-03-04}}</ref>
==Novels== She has written over 25 novels, both young adult and adult.{{cn|date=February 2023}} Her first young adult novel, ''Guitar Girl'', was published in 2003. Her first adult novel, ''Unsticky'', was published by Headline in 2009.{{cn|date=February 2023}}
==Personal life== She currently{{when|date=February 2023}} lives in [[North London]]. She had a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Miss Betsy, and is an advocate for dog adoption.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}
==Publications== * ''Guitar Girl'' - UK, 2003; US, 2004 * ''Diary of a Crush 1: French Kiss'' - UK, 2004; US, 2006 * ''Diary of a Crush 2: Kiss and Make Up'' - UK, 2004 (parts given away with ''Just Seventeen'' under the title, ''Losing It''); US, 2006 * ''Diary of a Crush 3: Sealed with a Kiss'' - UK, 2004 (parts given away with ''Just Seventeen'' under the title, ''American Dream''); US. 2006 * ''Pretty Things'' - UK & US, 2005 * ''Let's Get Lost'' - UK & US, 2006 * ''Fashionistas 1: Laura'' - UK, 2007 * ''Fashionistas 2: Hadley'' - UK, 2007 * ''Fashionistas 3: Irina'' - UK, 2008 * ''Fashionistas 4: Candy'' - UK, 2008 * ''Unsticky'' - UK, 2009 * ''Nobody's Girl'' - UK, 2010 * ''You Don't Have to Say You Love Me'' - UK, 2011 * ''Nine Uses For An Ex-Boyfriend'' - UK, 2012 * ''Adorkable'' - UK, 2012 *''It Felt Like A Kiss'' - 2013 * ''Diary of a Grace'' - 2014 * ''The Worst Girlfriend In The World'' - UK, 2014 * ''It felt like a Kiss'' - 2014 * ''After The Last Dance'' - UK, 2016 * ''London Belongs to Us'' - UK, 2016 * ''The House of Secrets'' - UK, 2017 *''The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp'' - UK, 2018 *''Rescue Me'' - UK, 2021 *''London, with Love'' - UK, 2022 *''The Man of Her Dreams'' - UK, 2023 *''The Last Days of Summer'' - UK, 2025
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== External links == *[http://sarramanning.blogspot.com Official author's blog] *[http://www.myspace.com/sarramanning Author's ''MySpace'' page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020634/http://www.hodderheadline.co.uk/authordetails.asp?author=19035&page=1&best= Author details] *[http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000061228,00.html?sym=BIO Sarra Manning], Penguin Group (USA) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071204230458/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/writing/people/sarra_manning.shtml "Spotlight on Sarra Manning"], ''BBC Blast Writing''
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