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Adelle Stripe
ADELLE STRIPE was born in 1976 and grew up in Tadcaster. Her debut novel, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, is based on the life of playwright Andrea Dunbar. It received the Society of Authors’ K ...view moreADELLE STRIPE was born in 1976 and grew up in Tadcaster. Her debut novel, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, is based on the life of playwright Andrea Dunbar. It received the Society of Authors’ K Blundell Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. Adelle is a founding member of the Brutalist Poets and has published three poetry collections. Her journalism has appeared in The Quietus, Caught by the River, and New Statesman. In a previous life she worked as a chatline hostess, window dresser, and was the manager of Selfish Cunt. Her recent publications include Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers, and an essay in the forthcoming Excavate: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall.view less