Humorist. Noted as a British comedy writer, she was born in Sheffield, England, where she later attended Sheffield High School. She began writing professionally at the age of 15 while listening to radio comedy and deciding she could write jokes. She gave herself the pen name 'Da Barham' and began submitting unsolicited work to Radio 4's 'Weekending' and Radio 2's 'The News Huddlines' and about this time she began making herself look older so that she could convince people she was older then she really was. The radio personalities hearing what they liked began accepting regular writings from her. At the age of 16 she won a BBC comedy writing competition. When she was 17 she moved to Chiswick, England, where she became a BBC contract writer. She went on and wrote for the television shows, "Splitting Image" "The News Quiz" and "Bob Monkhouse." She also wrote for Graham Norton, Clive Anderson, Rory Bremner, Angus Deayton, to columns for Punch, E Magazines, and several newspapers. In 1995 she was diagnosed with anorexic nervosa. In 1998 she wrote an article about her illness for the London Evening Standard Newspaper. She wrote, "It's not the idea of food I object to. I adore food. I just can't bring myself to swallow. But how many girls have said that at Christmas parties? Usually in the stationery cupboard with their knickers round their ankles." She died from her disease at age 25 after fighting it for 8 years.
Humorist. Noted as a British comedy writer, she was born in Sheffield, England, where she later attended Sheffield High School. She began writing professionally at the age of 15 while listening to radio comedy and deciding she could write jokes. She gave herself the pen name 'Da Barham' and began submitting unsolicited work to Radio 4's 'Weekending' and Radio 2's 'The News Huddlines' and about this time she began making herself look older so that she could convince people she was older then she really was. The radio personalities hearing what they liked began accepting regular writings from her. At the age of 16 she won a BBC comedy writing competition. When she was 17 she moved to Chiswick, England, where she became a BBC contract writer. She went on and wrote for the television shows, "Splitting Image" "The News Quiz" and "Bob Monkhouse." She also wrote for Graham Norton, Clive Anderson, Rory Bremner, Angus Deayton, to columns for Punch, E Magazines, and several newspapers. In 1995 she was diagnosed with anorexic nervosa. In 1998 she wrote an article about her illness for the London Evening Standard Newspaper. She wrote, "It's not the idea of food I object to. I adore food. I just can't bring myself to swallow. But how many girls have said that at Christmas parties? Usually in the stationery cupboard with their knickers round their ankles." She died from her disease at age 25 after fighting it for 8 years.
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