Rae Earl

Rae Earl (born Rachel Earl; 13 December 1971 in Stamford, England) is an English writer and broadcaster. 2Personal life Earl obtained a degree from Hull University and won the University's Philip Larkin literary prize in 1994. She then worked as a copywriter in local radio before moving into radio presenting. Earl lives in Hobart, Australia and is married to Kevin Johnson and has a son called Harry. 2Writing 3My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary She is the author of the 2007 book My Fat Mad Teenage Diary, a collection of the diaries she wrote as a teenager in the late 1980s. The diary describes the tribulations of being an overweight girl with mental health difficulties, living in a council house with her mother and her mother's Moroccan boyfriend. A follow-up book, My Madder Fatter Diary, Vol.2 was published in 2014. The television show My Mad Fat Diary on E4 is based on her books. The first series began airing in January 2013, with a second series shown in 2014. A third and final series was shown in 201