Doctor Who: Borrowed Time

Naomi A. Alderman

Naomi A. Alderman grew up in London and attended Oxford University and UEA. She is the author of four novels. Naomi’s 2017 novel, The Power was the winner of the 2017 Baileys women’s prize for fiction. In 2006 she won the Orange Award for New Writers. In 2007, she was named Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, and one of Waterstones' 25 Writers for the Future. In 2012, she co-created the top-selling smartphone fitness game and audio adventure Zombies, Run!, which is a market leader and has been downloaded millions of times. She is one of the presenters of Science Stories, a programme about the history of science on BBC Radio 4, as well as presenting many one-off documentaries. Naomi is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, has been mentored by Margaret Atwood as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, and in April 2013 she was named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in their once-a-decade list. Her previous books have all been published by Penguin.