Alexandra Potter

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born

May 08, 1970 in Bradford, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

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female

website

http://www.alexandrapotter.com/

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Literature & Fiction

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Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, I graduated from Liverpool University with an honours degree in English Literature and Film Studies. In 1993, at the age of twenty-three, I moved to London to be the editor of a puzzle magazine. Yes, puzzles! For someone who can never get that last crossword clue, it was pretty daunting, but it was my first break into the world of magazines and publishing, and I loved it. (And it turned out my job was making up the clues, not solving them – phew!)

In my spare time I was always writing articles and trying to get them published, until finally my persistence paid off. For the next five years I saw my features published in many of the big name British glossies – ELLE, Company, She, Red, More!, Here and Cosmopolitan,...more Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, I graduated from Liverpool University with an honours degree in English Literature and Film Studies. In 1993, at the age of twenty-three, I moved to London to be the editor of a puzzle magazine. Yes, puzzles! For someone who can never get that last crossword clue, it was pretty daunting, but it was my first break into the world of magazines and publishing, and I loved it. (And it turned out my job was making up the clues, not solving them – phew!)

In my spare time I was always writing articles and trying to get them published, until finally my persistence paid off. For the next five years I saw my features published in many of the big name British glossies – ELLE, Company, She, Red, More!, Here and Cosmopolitan, before travelling to Sydney, Australia, where I spent six months working for Australian Vogue and Cleo magazine.

However, for many years a dream of mine had been to write a novel and, in 1999, I finally took the plunge. Every lunchtime and spare weekend was spent working on my novel, What’s New, Pussycat? until finally I’d written three chapters, which I sent to several agents. I was so nervous waiting for their responses that I tried to forget all about it by going on holiday to Los Angeles to visit my sister. This was in the days before email, and so I couldn’t believe it when I returned home, checked my answering machine and discovered messages from several interested agents. The word 'excitement' doesn't even come close.

In the end I signed with my fabulous agent, Stephanie Cabot. She loved what I’d written so far, loved the character of Delilah, a girl from Yorkshire who moves to London with just her Tom Jones collection and her dog, and was eager to read the rest of the novel.
Now, all I had to do was write it!

So I took a gamble. I resigned from my job, sold my car, and gave myself a deadline of six months (which was when the proceeds from my car would run out). Within days of handing in the finished manuscript, a bidding war broke out between several interested publishers and I ended up signing a two-book deal. What’s New, Pussycat? was published in April 2000 and immediately made the bestseller lists. Proof that dreams really can come true.

To date I’ve written seven romantic comedy novels and am currently working on my eighth. During these past ten years, I’ve sold the film rights to What’s New, Pussycat? and Calling Romeo, seen my books translated and published all over the world, including Germany, France, Poland, Russia, Greece, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Thailand and Indonesia, appeared at the LA Book Festival, and been interviewed for the BBC, Channel 4’s Big Breakfast, ITVs Calendar, and in the US, ABC’s Nightline.

I was delighted when my fourth novel, Do You Come Here Often, was made book of the month, by Woman’s Day in Australia, and in May 2008 I was thrilled to win the Best New Fiction award for Me and Mr Darcy, at the Jane Austen Regency World Awards.

Aside from novels, I’ve also contribued a short story - No Strings Attached - which was published in an anthology entitled Girl’s Night In in aid of the international charity: WarChild. More recently, while living in LA, I’ve had my own column in Celebrity Homes magazine, written features for Woman’s Own and Eve, and contributed to Elle by interviewing several celebrities, such as Samuel Jackson and Rachel Bilson. It’s a hard job, but someone’s got do it…

My latest book, Who’s That Girl? came out in the UK in January 2009 to rave reviews and made the bestseller lists straight away, thanks to my wonderful readers. It's due to be published next yer in the US under a different title, The Two Lives of Charlotte Merryweather, and has already been sold to Germany, France, Poland and Macedonia which is all really exciting stuff.

In the meantime, I'm hard at work writing my new book - this is going to be number eight! I still can't quite believe it...(less)

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Books by Alexandra Potter

Average rating: 3.28 · 8,969 ratings · 1,329 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Me and Mr. Darcy 3.01 avg rating — 4,358 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Be Careful What You Wish For 3.62 avg rating — 1,571 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	Who's That Girl? 3.53 avg rating — 921 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	My rating:
	You're The One That I Dont Want 3.45 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Calling Romeo 3.19 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Do You Come Here Often? 3.63 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	My rating:
	What's New, Pussycat? 3.29 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Going La La 3.56 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Pazi Šta Želiš ... Možda Ti Sei Ostvari 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Don't you forget about me 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:

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“...when you decide you want to be with someone forever, you want forever to start right now.”
― Alexandra Potter, Do You Come Here Often?

tags: love , romance

87 people liked it

“Forget men, I want to marry my MacBook. It’s dependable, reliable and you can even go shopping with it.”
― Alexandra Potter, You're The One That I Dont Want

tags: humor , love , men , romance

74 people liked it

“Everyone dreams of finding their soulmate. It's a universal quest. All over the world millions of people are looking for their true love, their amore thier ame soeur, that one special person with whom they will spend the rest of their life.

And I'm no different.

Except it doesn't happen for everyone. Some people spend their whole life looking and never find that person. It's the luck of the draw.

If, by some miracle, you're lucky enough to meet the ONE, whatever you do, don't let them go. Because you don't get another shot at it. Soulmates aren't like buses there's not going to be another one along in a minute. That's why they're called, "THE ONE".”
― Alexandra Potter, You're The One That I Dont Want

tags: love

51 people liked it

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