Line #24 Creator/AliceOseman


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3	Alice Oseman is an English author, illustrator, comic artist, and screenwriter. She publishes YoungAdultLiterature novels and runs a {{webcomic}} called ''Heartstopper''. She was born in Kent, England in 1994 and publishes her novels through Hachette Children's Books, with an assortment of BonusMaterial.
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5	All of her work takes place in [[TheVerse the Osemanverse]], sharing the same world and timeline, along with many of the same characters. She recommends that her books can be read in any order. Her SignatureStyle involves contemporary stories about [[TroubledTeen "disaster teenagers"]], exploring themes of friendship, mental health, and [[QueerMedia LGBTQ+ identity]].
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7	Her accolades include nominations for the YA Book Prize, the Inky Awards, the Carnegie Medal, and the Goodreads Choice Award. Of these awards, she won the 2017 Silver Inky Award with ''Radio Silence'', and the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Graphic Novels & Comics with ''Heartstopper Volume 3''.
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9	You can explore Alice Oseman's work at [[https://www.aliceoseman.com/ her author's website]] and support her through [[https://www.patreon.com/aliceoseman her Patreon]].
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12	!!The Osemanverse (in publication order):
13	* ''Literature/{{Solitaire}}'' (2015)
14	* ''Nick and Charlie'' (2015)
15	* ''This Winter'' (2015)
16	* ''Literature/RadioSilence'' (2016)
17	* ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}'' (2016, ongoing)
18	** ''Heartstopper Volume One'' (2019)
19	** ''Heartstopper Volume Two'' (2019)
20	** ''Heartstopper Volume Three'' (2020)
21	** ''Heartstopper Volume Four'' (2021)
22	** ''Heartstopper Volume Five'' (2023)
23	** ''Heartstopper Volume Six'' (TBD)
24	* ''Literature/IWasBornForThis'' (2018)
25	* ''Literature/{{Loveless}}'' (2020)
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28	!!Tropes associated with this creator's work include:
29	* BreakoutCharacter: Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson are undoubtedly Oseman's most famous characters, but they started out as minor players in Oseman's first novel ''Literature/{{Solitaire}}'' which was about Tori Spring (Charlie's sister). Oseman ended up getting so attached to Nick and Charlie that she developed their story as a [[{{Webcomic/Heartstopper}} webcomic]] which later became an internationally-acclaimed [[{{Series/Heartstopper}} Netflix series]].
30	* CastFullOfGay: Most of the main characters in Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}} are LGBTQ+, along with ''Literature/RadioSilence'', ''Literature/{{Loveless}}'' and ''Literature/IWasBornForThis'', with these works exploring on the sexuality and gender of its main characters.
31	* ComicBookTime: Officially, Oseman's stories take place in the present at the time that she is writing them. This results in a drifting timeline in cases where she releases prequels (such as ''Heartstopper'' for ''Solitaire''), and especially with the WebcomicTime of ''Heartstopper''. Oseman acknowledges and goes along with this disconnect.
32	* ComingOfAgeStory: ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}'' centers around Nick and Charlie figuring out their identities in high school, while Frances in ''Literature/RadioSilence'' is grappling with the period between high school and university.
33	* ComingOutStory: Characters come out frequently in Alice Oseman's works. For example, Nick in ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}'' spends the first chapters figuring out his bisexuality.
34	* LGBTPlusCreators: Alice Oseman is openly [[UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} aromantic asexual]] and [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2fk3j6 has spoken about how this has influenced her work,]] especially ''Loveless'', which features an asexual protagonist. Her pronouns are also she/they.
35	* LighterAndSofter: Among Oseman's works about the Truham/Higgs characters, ''Webcomic/{{Heartstopper}}'' is much sweeter and more upbeat than the original ''Literature/{{Solitaire}}''. This was deliberate on the author's part as Nick and Charlie are generally more optimistic characters than the cynical Tori.
36	* PortmanteauCoupleName:
37	** (Tori) Spring + (Micheal) Holden = Sprolden
38	** Nick + Charlie = Narlie
39	* TheVerse: Alice Oseman's works all take place in the "Osemanverse," which features many of the same characters within the same universe and timeline, even as most of her stories standalone.
40	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted. It’s specifically stated that the town her works take place in is in Kent, in England.

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