Ariane Sherine

Ariane Sherine is an author, comedy writer, journalist, singer-songwriter and podcaster. She has written extensively for the Guardian, and has also written for the Observer, Sunday Times, i Paper, Independent, Independent on Sunday, Telegraph, Spectator, Mail, New Statesman, Esquire, NME, Hello! and Metro. She regularly appears on television and radio.

Ariane has written for the television programmes My Family (BBC One), Countdown (Channel 4), Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (BBC Three), The Story of Tracy Beaker (BBC One), The New Worst Witch (ITV) and Space Pirates (BBC One).

In 2008, she created the hugely successful Atheist Bus Campaign, featuring adverts on buses which proclaimed 'There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.' Sponsored by Richard Dawkins, the campaign went global in 2009, running in 13 countries around the world, including in the US, Canada, Germany and New Zealand. As a result, Ariane went on to edit and compile the bestselling celebrity charity anthology The Atheist's Guide to Christmas, commissioned by major publisher HarperCollins.

She has also written three self-help books for major publisher Hachette: Talk Yourself Better, How to Live to 100 and The How of Happy (the last two co-written with public health consultant David Conrad).

Ariane's debut novel Shitcom was published in 2021, and is a hilarious body swap comedy. Her latest book is the biography The Real Sinéad O'Connor, published by White Owl Books.

She lives in East London with her journalist husband Adam Juniper, and has an amazing daughter and stepson.