Many of her books have been concerned with the social issues affecting young adults today, including Being a Boy (2013), on the subject of puberty, This Book is Gay (2014), on being young and LGBTQ+, and Mind Your Head (2016), a guide to mental health for young people. She has published numerous fiction and non-fiction books for young adults, and won The Book People’s ‘Queen of Teen’ award in 2014 for her early titles Hollow Pike (2012) and Say Her Name (2013). She is a ‘School Role Model’ for Stonewall and works with the charity First Story, which runs writing and story-telling workshops in underprivileged schools.
In 2015 Dawson announced her transition, having previously lived as a gay man.
She contributes regularly to Attitude Magazine, Glamour Magazine, and The Guardian, as well as broadcast news items on BBC Woman’s Hour, Front Row, ITV News, Channel 5 News and This Morning. She worked for some years as a teacher, specialising in PSHCE and behaviour, and as a journalist, interviewing bands including Atomic Kitten and Steps and writing a weekly serial for a Brighton newspaper. Juno Dawson grew up in West Yorkshire and now lives in Brighton.
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