Laura Bates

Shelby Judge (University of Derby)

Ed. by Jenni Ramone, The Nottingham Trent University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 27 Aug 1986
Activity 2012-ongoing

Places

Born in United Kingdom
Active in United Kingdom

Cultural Identities

Feminist

Activities

Primary

Children's/Young Adult writer
Novelist

Other

Cultural Theorist/ Critic

Resources

Bates' Works

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Laura Bates (b. 27 August 1986) grew up in Hackney, London. She attended the private school King’s College in Taunton, Somerset, before going on to study English at St. John’s College, Cambridge (

Who’s Who

2014). After graduating in 2007, Bates continued at the University of Cambridge as a research assistant for psychologist Susan Quilliam while she revised her monograph

The Joy of Sex

(1972; 2008). Bates has carefully guarded further biographical information about herself, owing to the threats against her because of her activist work; her wedding in 2014 included extensive security measures (Betts 2014). She writes YA fiction and feminist non-fiction.

Bates’ fictional literature is exclusively young adult (YA) fiction. Her fictional debut was The Burning (2019), which follows a

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Citation: Judge, Shelby. "Laura Bates". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 January 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15348, accessed 18 January 2025.]