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11 Facts About Naomi Alderman

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Naomi Alderman was born on 1974 and is an English novelist, game writer, and television executive producer.

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Naomi Alderman is best known for her speculative science fiction novel The Power, which won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2017 and has been adapted into a television series for Amazon Studios.

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Naomi Alderman was educated at South Hampstead High School and Lincoln College, Oxford, where she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

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Naomi Alderman went on to study creative writing at the University of East Anglia before becoming a novelist.

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In 2012, Naomi Alderman was appointed professor of creative writing at Bath Spa University, England.

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Naomi Alderman writes a monthly technology column for The Guardian.

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Naomi Alderman became an advocate for feminism in her teenage years and has since supported women's rights, which has influenced her works.

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Naomi Alderman was the lead writer for Perplex City, an alternative reality game, at the company Mind Candy.

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Naomi Alderman wrote the narrative for The Winter House, an online interactive linear short story visualised by Jey Biddulph.

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In 2012, Naomi Alderman was selected as a protege by Margaret Atwood as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative, an international philanthropic programme that pairs masters in their disciplines with emerging talents for a year of one-to-one creative exchange.

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Naomi Alderman has confirmed that she has sold the rights of The Power to Sister Pictures, the same company who produced Broadchurch, after receiving eleven offers.