The Exact Opposite of Okay is her first book for young adults. Her TV pilot, Clickbait, was a finalist in British Comedy's 2016 Sitcom Mission.

She has an MA in Creative Writing and works at a non-profit organisation supporting women in the creative arts. Laura Steven is an author, journalist and screenwriter from the northernmost town in England. It's the Exact Opposite of Okay.īitingly funny and shockingly relevant, The Exact Opposite of Okay is a bold, brave and necessary read.

But when explicit photos involving her, a politician's son and a garden bench are published online, the trolls set out to take her apart.Īrmed with best friend Ajita and a metric ton of nachos, she tries to laugh it off - but as the daily slut-shaming intensifies, she soon learns the way the world treats teenage girls is not okay.

Eighteen-year-old Izzy O’Neill knows exactly who she isa loyal friend, an aspiring comedian, and a person who believes that milk shakes and Reese’s peanut butter cups are major food groups. Izzy never expected to be eighteen and internationally reviled. Bitingly funny and shockingly relevant, The Exact Opposite of Okay is a bold, brave, and necessary read for fans of Louise O'Neill and Jennifer Mathieu. Izzy may be determined not to let anyone else define who she is, but that proves easier said than done when it seems like everyone has something to say about her.Izzy O'Neill here! Impoverished orphan, aspiring comedian and Slut Extraordinaire, if the gossip sites are anything to go by. Only it doesn't.Īnd while she's used to laughing her way out of any situation, as she finds herself first the center of high school gossip and then in the middle of a national scandal, it's hard even for her to find humor in the situation. Izzy is certain that the whole thing will blow over and she can get back to worrying about how she doesn't reciprocate her best friend Danny's feelings for her and wondering how she is ever going to find a way out of their small town. But after she's caught in a compromising position with the son of a politician, it seems like everyone around her is eager to give her a new label: slut. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDAīitingly funny and shockingly relevant, The Exact Opposite of Okay is a bold, brave, and necessary read for fans of Louise O'Neill and Jennifer Mathieu.Įighteen-year-old Izzy O'Neill knows exactly who she is-a loyal friend, an aspiring comedian, and a person who believes that milk shakes and Reese's peanut butter cups are major food groups. Armed with best friend Ajita and a metric ton of nachos, she tries to laugh it off but as the daily slut-shaming intensifies, she soon learns the way the world treats teenage girls is not okay. I will protect Izzy O'Neill with my life.' -Becky Albertalli, author of SIMON VS. 'Laura Steven simultaneously destroyed the patriarchy and made me laugh so hard I choked.

The exact opposite of okay