Emily-Jane Clark

Emily-Jane Clark is a comedy writer and mother of two VERY lively daughters.

She writes for the UK's top satirical news site, The Daily Mash as well as the Mash Report, Mock The Week, BBC Writers Room, Crooked Pieces, The Show What You Wrote and by Director's Cut Theatre.
She was also a finalist ion the Funny Women Awards 2017 and won the Craft of Comedy UK new writing competition in 2018.

She writes more important stuff that's not funny for Metro UK, Huffington Post and the New Statesman.

She is also a former Red Coat and a failed pop singer.

Sleep is for the Weak: How to survive when your baby won't go the fzZk to sleep is her first book.

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