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Laura Dockrill

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Laura Lee Dockrill (born 28 May 1986) is an English author[1] and performance poet.[2]

Personal life

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Dockrill is from Brixton, South London. She attended the BRIT School.[3] She went on to graduate from Middlesex University.[4][5]

Dockrill is married to musician Hugo White (from The Maccabees); they have a son, after whose birth Dockrill suffered severe postpartum psychosis.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Books

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  • Mistakes in the Background (HarperCollins, 2008)
  • Ugly Shy Girl (HarperCollins, 2009)
  • Echoes (HarperCollins, 2010)
  • What Have I Done? Motherhood, Mental illness & Me (Square Peg, 2020)
  • I Love You, I Love You, I love You (HQ, 2024)

Children's books

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  • 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)
  • Angry Cookie (Walker Books, 2018)
  • Robin Hood (Samuel French, 2018)
  • My ideal boyfriend is a croissant (2019)
  • Sequin and Stitch (Barrington Stoke, 2020)
  • Butterfly Brain (Templar Publishing, 2020)
  • The Lipstick (Walker Books, 2021)

References

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  1. ^ Walker, Esther (11 April 2009). "The Facebook poets: ten rising stars of British poetry". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ "9 Questions for Laura Dockrill | fleeting". Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Inspiring Woman, Laura Dockrill Aka Zombiemum". Darling Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  4. ^ Caesar, Ed; Brown, Helen; Broughton, Christian (12 July 2006). "Talking 'bout MySpace generation". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Poetry". Creative Writing HQ. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Laura Dockrill reveals she was on 'suicide watch' after giving birth to baby - postpartum psychosis account". HELLO!. 9 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Laura Dockrill on parenting, paranoia and postpartum psychosis: 'I thought I'd been hijacked by a devil'". the Guardian. 19 April 2021.
  8. ^ Dockrill, Laura (9 July 2021). "My summer of love: 'Every time he kissed another girl, my heart broke'". the Guardian.
  9. ^ "Opinion: I knew becoming a dad would be tough – but never imagined I'd be visiting my partner in a psychiatric hospital". The Independent. 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ "How Adele set Laura Dockrill on path to recovery from postpartum psychosis". The Irish Times.
  11. ^ "Postpartum psychosis: the crippling mental health illness as explained by Laura Dockrill". HELLO!. 17 June 2021.
  12. ^ Machell, Ben. "Hugo White of the Maccabees on his partner's postpartum psychosis" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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