Dolly Alderton
Dolly Alderton | |
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.jpg) Dolly Alderton in 2023. | |
| Born | August 31, 1988 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Exeter |
| Occupation | Writer and journalist |
Notable work |
Everything I Know About Love (2018); Ghosts (2020) |
| Website |
dollyalderton |
Dolly Alderton is a writer, journalist and podcaster from the United Kingdom.
Since 2015 Alderton has published a weekly advice column, about love and relationships, in the Times of London.[1] In 2018 she published memoirs, entitled Everything I Know About Love. In 2020 she published her first novel Ghosts. In 2024 she published the novel Good Material.[2] She also published a collection of selected questions and her answers, in Dear Dolly.[3]
Her memoirs were also adapted into the miniseries Everything I Know About Love.[4]
She wrote the scripts for the NetFlix Pride and Prejudice which is scheculued for release in 2026.[5][6][7] Alderton said it "was a joy" to work on this adaptation of the famous Jane Austen novel.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Dolly Alderton (2026-01-24). "Dolly Alderton". The Times of London. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
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Katie J. M. Baker (2024-01-27). "Like Nora Ephron, With a British Twist". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2024-01-27. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
'Good Material,' her second novel and the first she’s written from the perspective of a man, delivers the most delightful aspects of classic romantic comedy — snappy dialogue, realistic relationship dynamics, humorous meet-cutes and misunderstandings — and leaves behind the clichéd gender roles and traditional marriage plot.
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Jenny Proudfoot (2022-10-31). "Dolly Alderton: "I just can't write about anything other than love"". Marie Claire magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
Dolly Alderton's name is synonymous with love. From her bestselling memoir Everything I Know About Love to her new release, Dear Dolly - a compilation of her Sunday Times Style columns, it is undoubtedly the backbone of everything she does.
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Naman Ramachandran (2022-03-15). "Dolly Alderton's 'Everything I Know About Love': First Images of BBC Series Revealed". Variety magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
'Everything I Know About Love' won a 2018 National Book Award for autobiography and was shortlisted for the 2019 Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year in the British Book Awards.
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Sophie Ellis (2025-07-30). "This "blueprint for romantic comedy" is being reimagined for a new generation in Netflix's latest Austen adaptation". BBC Countryfile. Archived from the original on 2025-08-13. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
Speaking to Netflix, Alderton said 'Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story and I feel very lucky that I get to be a part of it. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is the blueprint for romantic comedy — it has been a joy to delve back into its pages to find both familiar and fresh ways of bringing this beloved book to life.'
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Ellise Shafer (2024-10-11). "'Pride and Prejudice' Series in Development at Netflix From Dolly Alderton". Variety magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
A series based on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is in development at Netflix, with “Everything I Know About Love” author Dolly Alderton penning the scripts.
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Max Goldbart (2024-10-11). "Netflix Developing 'Pride And Prejudice' Series". Deadline magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-10-14. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
Deadline understands that a TV adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is in the works. We are told that Everything I Know About Love creator Dolly Alderton has written the scripts and casting is still yet to be ironed out. The project from Gentleman Jack producer Lookout Point is in development and may not make it to screen.