Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend dies aged 68

The British author died on Thursday, after a stroke, eliciting grief around the world from writers and readers alike.

11 Apr 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Sue Townsend, best known as the author of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ and its sequels, has died, according to the BBC.

Additional books in the series followed, detailing the main character’s life from adolescence under Margaret Thatcher’s government, to maturity in Tony Blair’s Britain.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts