Naomi Alderman was the guest of honor at Number 68 Project’s final London dinner on June 20, 2010, where she read from her book The Lessons. She is a frequent lecturer at The School of Life.
Naomi Alderman did her BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University and, after six years working at City law firm and seconded to Manhattan, came back to the UK to complete an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.
Her first novel, Disobedience was released in 2006, has been published in 10 languages, and won the Orange Award for New Writers. In 2007 Naomi was named Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, and one of Waterstones’ 25 Writers for the Future. She’s broadcast for Radio 3 and Radio 4, has appeared on panels and spoken at literary festivals and has taught masterclasses and workshops in creative writing in conjunction with many different institutions.
Naomi also writes online computer games. She was lead writer on the BAFTA-shortlisted alternate reality game Perplex City from 2004-07. In 2008, she wrote the hidden seventh story “Alice in Storyland” for Penguin’s We Tell Stories project. In 2009, she wrote the narrative competition ‘See the Light’ for the Guardian and Damien Hirst’s music production company.
Naomi reviews novels for Prospect and the Financial Times. She has written occasional columns for the Guardian’s G2 section and a regular online column for Guardian Technology. Penguin will publish her new novel in April 2010.