Laura Dockrill

Laura Lee Dockrill (born 28 May 1986) is an English performance poet, author[1] illustrator and short story writer.

Dockrill was born and grew up in Brixton, and attended The Brit School of Performing Arts in Croydon, where she was friends with singers Kate Nash and Adele. She inspired Adele's song "My Same" after they had a falling out in their relationship, which they have since rekindled, as well as Nash's poem "Pistachio Nut."

She has performed at gigs and festivals such as Glastonbury, Latitude, Camp Bestival, The Big Chill, udderBELLY and the London Word Festival. Dockrill has appeared on Newsnight Review and Woman's Hour. In 2012, she was interviewed by Fleeting Magazine where she discussed her love of tea and having hallucinations on the London Underground.[2] She is currently one of the writers-in-residence for the charity First Story.

Books
  • Mistakes in the Background (HarperCollins, 2008)
  • Ugly Shy Girl (HarperCollins, 2009)
  • Echoes (HarperCollins, 2010)
  • Darcy Burdock (2013)
  • Lorali (Hot Key Books, 2015)
  • Aurabel (Hot Key Books, 2017)
  • My Mum's Growing Down (Faber & Faber, 2017)
  • Big Bones (Hot Key Books, 2018)
  • What Have I Done? (Square Peg, 2020)
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References
  1. Walker, Esther (11 April 2009). "The Facebook poets: ten rising stars of British poetry". The Times. London. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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