Naomi A. Alderman
Naomi A. 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]
One of her favourite stories is The Masque of Mandragora.[2] A reference to the Mandragora Helix appears in Borrowed Time.
External links
Fotnotes
- ↑ Articles by Naomi Alderman at the Guardian
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Delving Into World of Doctor Who" - Forward, 16 November 2011
