Vanessa Walters
Born: 1979 Place of birth: London
Marital status & family: Single
Best known as: Teenage author
Honours & accolades: No information
Vanessa Walters is best known as the teenage novelist discovered to be writing a novel as hobby to share with her school friends. When discovered by teachers, the journal was passed to an agent who quickly had her signed to a publishing company and a five-figure book deal.The book, Rude Girls, made her a success, but instead of diving head long into the literary world she continued her studies, progressing to University. Rude Girls was acclaimed as an accurate portrayal of life in the North London Black community. Whilst studying law, Vanessa spent a year in Paris and continued her writing. The Best Things in Life was published in 1998 and explored the lives of young Black women struggling to balance friendship, work and relationships. Vanessa now works as a writer, film critic and writer in residence for the borough of Kensington & Chelsea. She is a contributor to BBC Radio 4's Front Row and BBC Four's The Cinema Show and has a column in PRIDE magazine
Vanessa lives in Leyton, East London with her mother and sister.
discovered by teachers
to be writing a journal for friends, she was soon snapped up by publishers
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