Dolly Alderton is a highly accomplished British writer, podcast host, and journalist. She has earned success with her bestselling book, "Everything I Know About Love," which has been translated into over 20 foreign languages and nominated for several prestigious awards. Alderton is a graduate of Exeter University and City University, London, where she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees, respectively.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Alderton worked as a freelance journalist for almost a decade. During this time, she contributed features, columns, and interviews to various publications, including The Telegraph, The New Statesman, Esquire, Sunday Times, ES Magazine, GQ, Grazia, Vice, Marie Claire, Elle, Spectator, Stylist, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Evening Standard, Man Repeller, and others. From 2015 to 2017, Alderton wrote a weekly column for The Sunday Times on dating advice, further solidifying her reputation as an insightful and witty writer.
In addition to her work as a writer, Alderton co-hosted the popular pop-culture and current affairs podcast, The High Low, with journalist Pandora Sykes from 2017 to 2020. She has also been a columnist for The Sunday Times Style and contributed to several other publications such as GQ, Red, Marie Claire, and Grazia.
Alderton's first book, "Everything I Know About Love," became a top five Sunday Times bestseller in its first week of publication and won the National Book Award for Autobiography of the Year. Her debut novel, "Ghosts," was published in October 2020 and was also a top five Sunday Times Bestseller. Alderton is currently working on her next book, further building her successful writing career.