Adelle Stripe
Writer

Adelle Stripe was born in York in 1976 and lives in Calderdale, UK. 

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​Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, her debut novel, was a fictionalised biography based on the life and work of playwright Andrea Dunbar. It was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature. 

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Her biography of the cult band Fat White Family, Ten Thousand Apologies, was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Rough Trade book of the year. It was shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize. 

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Adelle's forthcoming book, Base Notes: The Scents of a Life, will be published by White Rabbit in 2025.

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