Abi Grant – författare

‘It is unusual to be charmed and horrified by alternate sentences, but this is Abi Grant’s gift as a writer . . . I cried, I laughed and then I cheered!’ Julian ClaryEverything in Abi Grant’s life changed the night a serial rapist broke into her flat and attacked her in her sleep. She fought back and the police were called, but despite a full investigation, they found nothing – even Crimewatch couldn’t help. Traumatized, she lost her job, then her flat. She took to drink. Her world fell apart.But the police didn’t give up, and twelve years later – after re-examining the evidence – they found a fingerprint match . . Justice demanded that she go to trial to convict a violent criminal but, despite being a blameless victim, the extraordinary court battle that followed would change her life all over again.Words Can Describe is the tale of one woman’s descent into despair, her journey back to hope, and the extraordinary people she met along the way. Abi’s words – often bitingly funny and always brutally honest – tell her remarkably moving story in her own powerful voice.‘Vivid, frank and courageous . . . Many women will be grateful to Abi Grant for telling the truth at, I imagine, some cost to herself’ Joan Smith

Set in London's Criterion Theatre in the Spring of 1941, this play traces the struggles of the cast of Variety bandwagon, a BBC light entertainment show, broadcasting for the first time live to America.

The Big BangNatural SelectionE = mc2All pretty decent theories, that beg one question: why has no-one discovered a fully unified theory for what makes jokes funny?Well, comedy director Amanda Baker, comedy writer Abi Grant and stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr have done just that. In this book, in case that's not obvious. From how to identify the families of jokes, to decoding the building blocks of comedy, to the real - and brand new - secret to comic timing, On Jokes does for comedy what decoding the genome did for designer babies.The essential manual for any aspiring comedian, this book can make anyone funny. Even you.