portsmouth comic con guest

Juno Dawson

Juno Dawson is a #1 Sunday Times Best-Selling author, screenwriter, journalist, and columnist. She has had global bestsellers with THIS BOOK IS GAY and CLEAN. She won the 2020 YA Book Prize for MEAT MARKET. Her first adult fantasy trilogy HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN launched in 2022, becoming an instant best-seller. She also writes for television and has multiple shows in development both in the UK and US.

Juno had a cameo in the BBC’s I MAY DESTROY YOU (2020), a recurring role in HOLBY CITY (BBC 2021) and was the face of Jecca Cosmetics Play Pots campaign. Juno grew up in West Yorkshire, writing imaginary episodes of Doctor Who. Her writing has appeared in Glamour, The Pool, Dazed and the Guardian. She has appeared on Pointless Celebrities, BBC Women’s Hour, Front Row, ITV News, Channel 5 News, This Morning and Newsnight. Juno lives in Brighton. In 2014, she became a School Role Model for the charity STONEWALL.