Florence Given
The youngest ever author to hold 12 consecutive weeks in the Sunday Times best-seller with their debut book, Florence Given is one of the UK’s brightest and boldest talents.
At 24 years old, Florence (nicknamed Floss) Given is a Sunday Times Bestselling, record-breaking author, hit podcaster, award-winning influencer and illustrator.
After the launch of her debut book Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, Floss became the youngest author to hold a position in the top 5 of the Sunday Times best-seller list for a consecutive 12 weeks in a row. The book, which empowers readers to know their worth, has sold over 500,000 copies, spent a total of 28 weeks in the best-seller list and has been acquired for translation into 14 languages.
Turning everything she touches to gold, Florence’s debut novel, Girlcrush, went straight to number 1 on the Sunday Times best-seller list. The book is described as a a modern, sexy, feminist retelling of Jekyll and Hyde and published August 9th 2022 by Brazen, Octopus. Girlcrush has gotten incredible praise in the likes of The Guardian, The Times Magazine, Evening Standard, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Grazia, and more.
With over 587K Instagram followers, Florence’s work confronts oppressive attitudes towards women and their bodies and she uses her platform to raise awareness of issues surrounding sexuality, consent, race and gender.
In 2021, Florence launched a hit podcast, Exactly. With Florence Given, in which she speaks to fascinating guests as part of her mission to connect people by exploring different perspectives and philosophies on life. With guests from authors to doctors to thought leaders to comedians, Florence facilitates deep-dive conversations into five topics: sex, social media, feminism, relationships and body image.
To add to Floss’ endless list of talents, she designed the merchandise for Rita Ora’s Girls Tour in May 2018. Her own merchandising range features her slogans and illustrations on T-shirts, phone cases, totes and prints. Her limited edition T-shirt commissioned by Weekday featured her slogan “Women Don’t Owe You Pretty” and sold out in under an hour.
SOCIAL STATS INSTAGRAM: Followers 587k+ / Engagement 7.73% / Ave Likes 46k / Ave Comments 400+