Sue Townsend with, THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 3/4 and THE GROWING PAINS OF ADRIAN MOLE was Britain's bestselling author of the 1980's and her success continues with the recent publication of ADRIAN MOLE: THE CAPPUCCINO YEARS. Sue is also well-known as a playwright. She lives in Leicester.
Adrian Mole, with his spots, his feckless, self-centred, incompetent parents and his yearning for the tantalizing, difficult Pandora is one of the great comic characters. Most teenagers will probably identify with something in his diary entries - if they can get it back from their parents! (Kirkus UK)