Sarra Manning

Sarra Manning is an English writer and journalist. She attended the University of Sussex and took an English with media studies degree. She became a freelance writer after submitting her work to Melody Maker. She worked as the entertainment editor for five years of the now-defunct teen magazine Just Seventeen. Manning was the editor of Elle Girl (UK edition), then re-launched What To Wear magazine for the BBC and has worked on UK magazines such as Bliss and The Face. She has contributed to Elle, Seventeen, The Guardian and Details and is a contributing editor to Elle UK. She writes regularly for Grazia, Red and Stella, as well as consulting for a number of British magazine publishers. Her books include teen fiction book Guitar Girl, and the Diary of a Crush trilogy.

Manning is currently the literary editor of Red magazine, a UK women's magazine.

Novels She has written over 25 novels, both young adult and adult. Her first young adult novel, Guitar Girl, was published in 2003. Her first adult novel, Unsticky, was published by Headline in 2009.

Personal life She currently lives in North London. She had a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Miss Betsy, and is an advocate for dog adoption.

Publications Guitar Girl - UK, 2003; US, 2004 Diary of a Crush 1: French Kiss - UK, 2004; US, 2006 Diary of a Crush 2: Kiss and Make Up - UK, 2004 (parts given away with Just Seventeen under the title, Losing It); US, 2006 Diary of a Crush 3: Sealed with a Kiss - UK, 2004 (parts given away with Just Seventeen under the title, American Dream); US. 2006 Pretty Things - UK & US, 2005 Let's Get Lost - UK & US, 2006 Fashionistas 1: Laura - UK, 2007 Fashionistas 2: Hadley - UK, 2007 Fashionistas 3: Irina - UK, 2008 Fashionistas 4: Candy - UK, 2008 Unsticky - UK, 2009 Nobody's Girl - UK, 2010 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - UK, 2011 Nine Uses for an Ex-Boyfriend - UK, 2012 Adorkable - UK, 2012 It Felt Like A Kiss - 2013 Diary of a Grace - 2014 The Worst Girlfriend in the World - UK, 2014 It felt like a Kiss - 2014 After The Last Dance - UK, 2016 London Belongs to Us - UK, 2016 The House of Secrets - UK, 2017 The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp - UK, 2018 Rescue Me - UK, 2021 London, with Love - UK, 2022 The Man of Her Dreams - UK, 2023 The Last Days of Summer - UK, 2025