Sue Townsend

The Frink Award – given by Women of the Year

Sue Townsend, blinded after suffering from diabetes for many years, achieved worldwide success following the publication of her Diaries of Adrian Mole which transformed the lives of literally millions of people. The first of her comic series, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 133/4, was published in 1982 and the eighth installment, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years was released in 2009. Her career flourished despite her diabetes.