{{short description|American novelist}}

'''Terri Paddock''' is an American writer and arts journalist, based in the UK since 1991.<ref>[http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=372 Profile in Whatonstage.com website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718040046/http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=372 |date=2011-07-18 }}</ref> A former PR executive, she became editor of the Whatsonstage.com, a portal website about the British theatre, in 1996. She left that position in 2013.<ref>[https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/whatsonstage-chief-terri-paddock-in-shock-departure "Whatsonstage chief Terri Paddock in shock departure"] ''The Stage''. Retrieved 2014-5-12.</ref> She has also served as London correspondent of the American theatre periodical ''Playbill''.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/36547-Welcome-Our-New-London-Correspondent-Terri-Paddock "Welcome Our New London Correspondent, Terri Paddock", ''Playbill'', 20 Jan 1998] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629165804/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/36547-Welcome-Our-New-London-Correspondent-Terri-Paddock |date=29 June 2011 }}</ref>

Paddock has written two books, ''Beware the Dwarfs'' and ''Come Clean''. The latter was nominated for the Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2005.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101218153215/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/journalist-wins-teenage-book-prize-with-first-attempt-513848.html "Journalist wins teenage book prize with first attempt", ''The Independent'', 4 Nov 2005]</ref>

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