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Juno Dawson was born 10 July 1981 in Bradford Royal Infirmary,<ref>{{cite book|last=Kay|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Kay (writer)|date=2020|title=Dear NHS 100 Stories to say Thank You |chapter=Juno Dawson|isbn=978-1-3987-0118-2}}</ref> West Yorkshire, lived in [[Bingley]] and was educated at [[Bingley Grammar School]].<ref name=Gendergames>{{cite book| author=Juno Dawson|title=The Gender Games| year=2017}}</ref><ref name="hogan">{{cite news|last=Hogan|first1=Michael|title=Juno Dawson: 'Teenagers have seen things that would make milk curdle'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/01/juno-dawson-clean-interview-transgender-anorexia-drugs|access-date=3 May 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=1 April 2018}}</ref> After graduating from [[Bangor University]],<ref name=Gendergames/> she worked as a primary school teacher and later became a [[Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education|PSHE]] co-ordinator.<ref name="armstrong">{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Rebecca |title=Juno Dawson on sex education: 'Nobody had thought to tell these young people that sex was pleasurable' |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/education/juno-dawson-young-adult-fiction-sex-education/ |access-date=3 May 2019 |work=[[i (newspaper)|i]] |date=20 April 2018}}</ref> While working as a teacher, she began writing books aimed at [[Young adult fiction|young adults]] until she became successful enough to leave her job.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15314005.__39_Transition_is_exhausting__No_one_does_it_to_be_trendy__39___Author_Juno_Dawson_on_her_new_book_The_Gender_Games/|title='Transition is exhausting. No-one does it to be trendy': Author Juno Dawson on her new book The Gender Games|last=Taylor|first=Marianne|date=28 May 2017|work=The Herald|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> She wrote a number of young adult fiction books including ''Hollow Pike'' and ''Say Her Name''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/10/24/international-best-selling-author-comes-out-as-transgender/|title=International best selling author comes out as transgender|last=Williams|first=Joe|date=24 October 2015|work=Pink news|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> Her books often feature [[LGBT]] people, and Dawson has advocated for other books to feature more prominent LGBT characters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/james-dawson-cassandra-clare-gay-ya/|title=James Dawson: 'Young Adult literature should celebrate being gay'|last=Hawkes|first=Rebecca|date=24 July 2015|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> |
Juno Dawson was born 10 July 1981 as James Dawson in Bradford Royal Infirmary,<ref>{{cite book|last=Kay|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Kay (writer)|date=2020|title=Dear NHS 100 Stories to say Thank You |chapter=Juno Dawson|isbn=978-1-3987-0118-2}}</ref> West Yorkshire, lived in [[Bingley]] and was educated at [[Bingley Grammar School]].<ref name=Gendergames>{{cite book| author=Juno Dawson|title=The Gender Games| year=2017}}</ref><ref name="hogan">{{cite news|last=Hogan|first1=Michael|title=Juno Dawson: 'Teenagers have seen things that would make milk curdle'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/01/juno-dawson-clean-interview-transgender-anorexia-drugs|access-date=3 May 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=1 April 2018}}</ref> After graduating from [[Bangor University]],<ref name=Gendergames/> she worked as a primary school teacher and later became a [[Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education|PSHE]] co-ordinator.<ref name="armstrong">{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Rebecca |title=Juno Dawson on sex education: 'Nobody had thought to tell these young people that sex was pleasurable' |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/education/juno-dawson-young-adult-fiction-sex-education/ |access-date=3 May 2019 |work=[[i (newspaper)|i]] |date=20 April 2018}}</ref> While working as a teacher, she began writing books aimed at [[Young adult fiction|young adults]] until she became successful enough to leave her job.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15314005.__39_Transition_is_exhausting__No_one_does_it_to_be_trendy__39___Author_Juno_Dawson_on_her_new_book_The_Gender_Games/|title='Transition is exhausting. No-one does it to be trendy': Author Juno Dawson on her new book The Gender Games|last=Taylor|first=Marianne|date=28 May 2017|work=The Herald|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> She wrote a number of young adult fiction books including ''Hollow Pike'' and ''Say Her Name''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/10/24/international-best-selling-author-comes-out-as-transgender/|title=International best selling author comes out as transgender|last=Williams|first=Joe|date=24 October 2015|work=Pink news|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> Her books often feature [[LGBT]] people, and Dawson has advocated for other books to feature more prominent LGBT characters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/james-dawson-cassandra-clare-gay-ya/|title=James Dawson: 'Young Adult literature should celebrate being gay'|last=Hawkes|first=Rebecca|date=24 July 2015|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> |
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In 2014, Dawson wrote ''This Book is Gay'', a non-fiction book aiming to be a "manual to all areas of life as an LGBT person."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/sep/04/this-book-is-gay-james-dawson|title=Why my book is gay: and I'm proud of it|date=4 September 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> A petition was started to remove the book from a public library in [[Wasilla, Alaska]], with a number of residents criticising the library for stocking it, citing the profanity and sexually explicit text.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-lgbt-book-for-teens-challenged-in-alaska-20151125-story.html|title='This Book Is Gay', an LGBT sex ed book for teens, is challenged in Wasilla, Alaska|last=Schaub|first=Michael|date=25 November 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> Dawson responded by saying that the event highlighted how "there is still such small-mindedness and hatred left to contend with."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/26/james-dawson-criticises-parents-who-attacked-his-lgbt-guide-for-children|title=James Dawson criticises parents who attacked his LGBT guide for children|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=26 November 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> In the same year, she was a recipient of the [[The Book People#Queen of Teen award winners|Queen of Teen award]]. |
In 2014, Dawson wrote ''This Book is Gay'', a non-fiction book aiming to be a "manual to all areas of life as an LGBT person."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/sep/04/this-book-is-gay-james-dawson|title=Why my book is gay: and I'm proud of it|date=4 September 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> A petition was started to remove the book from a public library in [[Wasilla, Alaska]], with a number of residents criticising the library for stocking it, citing the profanity and sexually explicit text.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-lgbt-book-for-teens-challenged-in-alaska-20151125-story.html|title='This Book Is Gay', an LGBT sex ed book for teens, is challenged in Wasilla, Alaska|last=Schaub|first=Michael|date=25 November 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> Dawson responded by saying that the event highlighted how "there is still such small-mindedness and hatred left to contend with."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/26/james-dawson-criticises-parents-who-attacked-his-lgbt-guide-for-children|title=James Dawson criticises parents who attacked his LGBT guide for children|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=26 November 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> In the same year, she was a recipient of the [[The Book People#Queen of Teen award winners|Queen of Teen award]]. |
Revision as of 14:22, 27 January 2021
Juno Dawson | |
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Born | James Dawson 10 July 1981 Bingley, West Yorkshire |
Occupation | Author, columnist |
Nationality | British |
Education | Bingley Grammar School |
Alma mater | Bangor University |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Website | |
junodawson |
Juno Dawson is a British writer of young adult fiction and non-fiction, including This Book is Gay, Margot & Me, and The Gender Games.
Life and career
Juno Dawson was born 10 July 1981 as James Dawson in Bradford Royal Infirmary,[1] West Yorkshire, lived in Bingley and was educated at Bingley Grammar School.[2][3] After graduating from Bangor University,[2] she worked as a primary school teacher and later became a PSHE co-ordinator.[4] While working as a teacher, she began writing books aimed at young adults until she became successful enough to leave her job.[5] She wrote a number of young adult fiction books including Hollow Pike and Say Her Name.[6] Her books often feature LGBT people, and Dawson has advocated for other books to feature more prominent LGBT characters.[7]
In 2014, Dawson wrote This Book is Gay, a non-fiction book aiming to be a "manual to all areas of life as an LGBT person."[8] A petition was started to remove the book from a public library in Wasilla, Alaska, with a number of residents criticising the library for stocking it, citing the profanity and sexually explicit text.[9] Dawson responded by saying that the event highlighted how "there is still such small-mindedness and hatred left to contend with."[10] In the same year, she was a recipient of the Queen of Teen award.
In 2015, Dawson came out as a transgender woman, having begun her journey of transitioning 18 months prior, and beginning hormonal transition in early 2016.[6][11] She was signed to write a column in Glamour magazine documenting her experience of transitioning.[12] She represents the LGBT charity Stonewall as a School Role Model.[13] Dawson sat on the judging panel for the 2016 BBC Young Writers' Award.[14]
In 2017, Dawson published The Gender Games, her first book aimed at adults, discussing themes of gender as well as her own life experiences.[5] Television rights to the book were acquired in 2018 by SunnyMarch, the production company founded by Benedict Cumberbatch.[15]
In 2018, it was announced that Dawson would be writing a novel called The Good Doctor, one of the first Doctor Who novels to feature the Thirteenth Doctor as played by Jodie Whittaker, released in October.[16][17] She also contributed audio plays for the Big Finish Torchwood range.
Awards
In 2014 Dawson won the 'Queen of Teen' award, a biennial prize (discontinued in 2016) for young adult fiction writers.[18]
Works
- Hollow Pike (2012)
- Cruel Summer (2013)
- Being a Boy (2013)
- Say Her Name (2014)
- This Book is Gay (2014)
- Under My Skin (2015)
- All of the Above (2015)
- Mind Your Head (2016)
- Torchwood: The Dollhouse (2016)
- Spot the Difference - written for World Book Day[19] (2016)
- Margot & Me (2017)
- The Gender Games (2017)
- What is Gender? How Does it Define Us? and Other Big Questions (2017)
- Grave Matter (2017)
- Torchwood: Orr (2017)
- Clean (2018)
- Doctor Who: The Good Doctor (2018)
- Meat Market (2019)
- Proud (2019)
References
- ^ Kay, Adam (2020). "Juno Dawson". Dear NHS 100 Stories to say Thank You. ISBN 978-1-3987-0118-2.
- ^ a b Juno Dawson (2017). The Gender Games.
- ^ Hogan, Michael (1 April 2018). "Juno Dawson: 'Teenagers have seen things that would make milk curdle'". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Armstrong, Rebecca (20 April 2018). "Juno Dawson on sex education: 'Nobody had thought to tell these young people that sex was pleasurable'". i. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ a b Taylor, Marianne (28 May 2017). "'Transition is exhausting. No-one does it to be trendy': Author Juno Dawson on her new book The Gender Games". The Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ a b Williams, Joe (24 October 2015). "International best selling author comes out as transgender". Pink news. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Hawkes, Rebecca (24 July 2015). "James Dawson: 'Young Adult literature should celebrate being gay'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Why my book is gay: and I'm proud of it". The Guardian. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Schaub, Michael (25 November 2015). "'This Book Is Gay', an LGBT sex ed book for teens, is challenged in Wasilla, Alaska". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Flood, Alison (26 November 2015). "James Dawson criticises parents who attacked his LGBT guide for children". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Hawkes, Rebecca (14 October 2015). "YA author James Dawson: 'I'm becoming a transgender woman'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Duffy, Nick (5 January 2016). "'This Book is Gay' author to document her transition in Glamour". Pink News. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Levine, Nick (31 January 2017). "Juno Dawson on her life, her novel and debunking trans myths". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Transgender author Juno Dawson joins judging panel for BBC Young Writers' Award". The Telegraph. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (4 June 2018). "Benedict Cumberbatch's SunnyMarch Banner Lands TV Rights to Memoir 'The Gender Games'". Variety. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Cowdrey, Katherine (10 May 2018). "Alderman and Dawson to write Doctor Who tales". The Bookseller.
- ^ Alderman, Naomi (11 May 2018). "New Doctor Who regenerated in fiction by Juno Dawson and Naomi Alderman". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Eyre, Charlotte (11 February 2016). "The Book People closes Queen of Teen award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Auld, Tim (3 March 2016). "World Book Day 2016: which stories to buy with your £1 token". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
External links
- Living people
- 1981 births
- People educated at Bingley Grammar School
- Alumni of Bangor University
- 21st-century British women writers
- LGBT writers from England
- British writers of young adult literature
- English science fiction writers
- People from Bingley
- Transgender and transsexual women
- Transgender and transsexual writers
- Writers of Doctor Who novels