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'''Naomi Alderman''' is an English author who wrote the [[Eleventh Doctor]] [[BBC New Series Adventures]] novel ''[[Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time]]''.
'''Naomi Alderman''' is an English author who wrote the [[Eleventh Doctor]] [[BBC New Series Adventures]] novel ''[[Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time]]''.


==Works==
== Works ==


Alderman's prose debut was the 2006 novel ''Disobedience,'' a story about a Rabbi's daughter who comes out as a lesbian.  That successful work was followed by another novel, ''The Lessons,'' in 2010.
Alderman's prose debut was the 2006 novel ''Disobedience,'' a story about a Rabbi's daughter who comes out as a lesbian.  That successful work was followed by another novel, ''The Lessons,'' in 2010.
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Apart from novels, Alderman is known for writing a regular column on technology for the ''Guardian''<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/naomialderman Articles by Naomi Alderman at the ''Guardian'']</ref>
Apart from novels, Alderman is known for writing a regular column on technology for the ''Guardian''<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/naomialderman Articles by Naomi Alderman at the ''Guardian'']</ref>


===''Doctor Who''===
=== ''Doctor Who'' ===
With the 2011 publication of ''Borrowed Time,'' Alderman became the first Jewish woman to write a licenced ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel.
With the 2011 publication of ''Borrowed Time,'' Alderman became the first Jewish woman to write a licenced ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel.


A longtime ''Doctor Who'' fan, Alderman has cited [[Peter Davison]] as her childhood favourite Doctor.<ref name="forward">[http://forward.com/articles/146323/ "Delving Into World of ''Doctor Who"''] - ''Forward'', 16 November 2011</ref>
A longtime ''Doctor Who'' fan, Alderman has cited [[Peter Davison]] as her childhood favourite Doctor.<ref name="forward">[http://forward.com/articles/146323/ "Delving Into World of ''Doctor Who"''] - ''Forward'', 16 November 2011</ref>


==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.naomialderman.com Official site]
* [http://www.naomialderman.com Official site]
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* {{imdb name|id=4373281}}
*[http://twitter.com/naomialderman Twitter blog]
* [http://twitter.com/naomialderman Twitter blog]
*[http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/clients/Alderman.htm Agency profile]
* [http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/clients/Alderman.htm Agency profile]


==Fotnotes==
== Fotnotes ==
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Naomi Alderman is an English author who wrote the Eleventh Doctor BBC New Series Adventures novel Borrowed Time.

Works

Alderman's prose debut was the 2006 novel Disobedience, a story about a Rabbi's daughter who comes out as a lesbian. That successful work was followed by another novel, The Lessons, in 2010.

Apart from novels, Alderman is known for writing a regular column on technology for the Guardian[1]

Doctor Who

With the 2011 publication of Borrowed Time, Alderman became the first Jewish woman to write a licenced Doctor Who novel.

A longtime Doctor Who fan, Alderman has cited Peter Davison as her childhood favourite Doctor.[2]

External links

Fotnotes