Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Sue Townsend
Born: April 2, 1946
Died: April 10, 2014 (aged 68)
Bio: Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole.
Known for:
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1982)
- The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984)
- The Queen and I (1992)
- The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year (2012)
- Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (2009)