Dolly Alderton: ‘We’re so keen to moralise the female experience’

The writer on her award-winning memoir, technology and relationships – and her love of Christmas schmaltz

Dolly Alderton, 30, is an author, journalist and broadcaster. She published her debut book, the memoir Everything I Know About Love, in February. Last month it was shortlisted for Waterstones book of the year and won the 2018 National Book Awards prize for best autobiography. Alderton started her career as a columnist at askmen.com, where her reviews of the Channel 4 reality show Made in Chelsea landed her a job as a story producer on the Bafta-winning show. From 2015 to 2017 she wrote a dating column for the Sunday Times Style magazine, where she has recently returned as a columnist. She presents the current affairs podcast The High Low with Pandora Sykes, and her own podcast, Love Stories.

Are you surprised by the huge success of Everything I Know About Love?
So surprised. I didn’t sleep for about two months when my proofs were being sent out. I rang my mum and said: “I’m really worried that a number of jobs at Penguin are under threat because of this book.” That is probably quite a self-aggrandising notion.

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