Alice Oseman

Alice May Oseman (born 16 October 1994) is an English author of young adult fiction. She[a] secured her first publishing deal at 17 and published her first novel Solitaire in 2014. Her novels include Radio Silence, I Was Born for This, and Loveless. She wrote and illustrated the webcomic Heartstopper, which has been published as multiple graphic novels and which she adapted into a TV series, earning her a BAFTA TV Award nomination and two Children's and Family Emmy Awards as both a writer and producer. Her novels focus on contemporary teenage life in the UK and have received the Inky Awards.

"I think you need to talk to him."
"I don't know what to say," I whisper.
"Just something. Anything."
"He hates me."
"That's untrue."
"He's angry."
"That's temporary."
"I don't know what to say."
"It doesn't matter what you say," she says. "You just have to say something."

Quotes

Nick and Charlie (2023)

• And then suddenly I feel tears in my eyes. I bring up to cover my face and when I speak, my voice is all high-pitched and wobbly. "I feel like shirt."
  "Oh, Charlie." Tori puts down her crisps and pulls me into a hug, running one hand over my back. "It's okay."
  I shake my head into her shoulder, trying not to get tears all over her dressing gown. "It's not okay... it's really not okay..."
  She lets me cry into her shoulder for a few minutes before she speaks again. "I think you need to talk to him.""I don't know what to say," I whisper. "Just something. Anything." "He hates me." "That's untrue." "He's angry." "That's temporary." "I don't know what to say." "It doesn't matter what you say," she says. "You just have to say something."
  • p. 88-89