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Adelle Stripe

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York, The United Kingdom

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Adelle Stripe was born in York in 1976. Her debut novel, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, was inspired by the life and work of playwright Andrea Dunbar. It was adapted for stage in 2019. Ten Thousand Apologies, her biography of the cult UK band Fat White Family, is a Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize.

Adelle is a 2023 Burgess Fellow at the University of Manchester.

She lives in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, UK.

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Adelle will be in conversation with Lias Saoudi at Bluedot Festival on Sat 22 July 2023 as part of White Rabbit's stage.

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	Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile 4.30 avg rating — 515 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers by Kit de Waal (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Damian Barr (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Malorie Blackman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure by Adelle Stripe (Goodreads Author), Lias Saoudi (Co-author) 4.47 avg rating — 272 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stay Alive Till '75 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweating Tears with Fat White Family by Adelle Stripe (Goodreads Author), Lisa Cradduck (Illustrator) 4.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Corners of the Land 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cigarettes in Bed it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brutalism One: Nowhere Fast by Adelle Stripe (Goodreads Author), Tony O'Neill (Goodreads Author), Lisa Cradduck (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashback: Parties For The People By The People by Adelle Stripe (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Anna Wood (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Fergal Kinney (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Things are Better Left Unsaid it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Adelle Stripe liked salelbar's review of Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure: "Loved it. As grubby as I had expected but thoughtful and eloquent. As intriguing as it is repulsive."
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