Brand and Literacy
Dorothy Koomson
About
Dorothy Koomson is an award-winning, global bestselling author whose novels include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Friend, That Girl from Nowhere, The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before, The Chocolate Run and My Best Friend’s Girl. Translated into more than 30 languages with sales that exceed 2 million copies in the UK, Dorothy’s books are powerful, thought-provoking and compelling ‘emotional thrillers’ where moral dilemmas are central and where the complex emotions of family and friendships are explored.
Her third book, My Best Friend’s Girl, was selected for the Richard & Judy Summer Read promotion and her novels The Ice Cream Girls and The Rose Petal Beach were both shortlisted for the British Book Awards in 2010 and 2013, respectively. A TV adaptation loosely based on The Ice Cream Girls was first shown on ITV1 in 2013.
EDPR has worked with Dorothy and her publishers since 2012 and were originally charged with building Dorothy’s profile and readership year-round via enhanced media placements, brand partnerships and events.
What we did
EDPR has worked with the award-winning, global bestselling thriller writer Dorothy Koomson since 2012. We have built and maintained Dorothy’s profile as the UK’s biggest selling Black female writer of adult fiction with an evolving strategy of media placements, brand partnerships and events and a focus on Dorothy’s advocacy for new writers and literacy for all. Dorothy has been a featured author for The Reading Agency's Quick Reads and World Book Night campaigns, a judge for the Women's Prize for Fiction and included on the Powerlist as one of the most influential Black people in Britain. She is currently a judge for the 2026 Women’s Prize Discoveries Award.
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