Abigail Burdess

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Abigail Burdess is a writer-performer from London.

 

Her debut novel, MOTHER'S DAY, was published in March 2023 by Headline Wildfire. 

 

Praise for MOTHER'S DAY:

'Dark, funny' GUARDIAN

“All the dark comedy and suspense that are the key ingredients to an absolute corker of a novel’ GLAMOUR

Mother’s Day is terrific. So dark, so twisted’ HARRIET TYCE, AUTHOR OF BLOOD ORANGE

‘Superbly written and darkly funny. I simply couldn’t look away.’JANICE HALLETT, AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL AND THE TWYFORD CODE

‘So dark and so shockingly, fabulously funny. I absolutely adored it.’ DAISY BUCHANAN, AUTHOR OF INSATIABLE

‘A startlingly original, pitch dark page-turner’
CLAIRE MCGOWAN, AUTHOR OF WHAT YOU DID AND THE OTHER WIFE

‘Dark, brilliant, and completely and utterly compelling.’JENNY COLGAN, AUTHOR OF LITTLE BEACH STREET BAKERY

‘Deliciously dark.’JOHN MARRS, AUTHOR OF WHAT LIES BETWEEN US AND THE MINDERS

‘Marlene is a jaw-dropping creation, the mother of malign mothers.’ BETH MORREY, AUTHOR OF SAVING MISSY

‘A stunning ending that leaves you breathless. Astonishingly good.’ ROBERT THOROGOOD, AUTHOR OF THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB

‘Twists and turns until you really can’t imagine what might happen next’ KATY BRAND, COMEDIAN AND AUTHOR OF PRACTICALLY PERFECT

‘Completely gripping and quite terrifying. I was utterly blindsided by its twists and turns.’ LUCY PORTER

‘Fantastic: so funny, so human – you won’t be able to put it down.’ ISY SUTTIE

Film, TV & Theatre

Abigail has written for TV comedies including the Emmy-nominated Tracey Ullman’s Show (BBC1), Watson and Oliver (BBC2), and the BAFTA-winning That Mitchell and Webb Look (BBC2).  She’s appeared in TV and radio comedies including Fresh Meat (C4), Cuckoo (BBC3) and Lobbyland (Radio 4).

Abigail’s written for children’s TV including the BAFTA-nominated Sorry I’ve Got No Head (CBBC), So Beano (Sky), and the Emmy-award winning Paddington (Nickelodeon). She won a place on the BBC Writers Scheme 2018 and a commission for EastEnders (BBC1).

On the stage Abigail’s first full-length play All The Single Ladies had a No. 1 tour. On the radio her Doctor Who adventure Prism has just been released by Big Finish Productions. Abigail’s poetry appears in her husband Robert Webb’s best-selling memoir, How Not To Be A Boy.