Grace Dent

Grace Dent
Grace Dent in 2011
Born	(1973-10-03) 3 October 1973 (age 43) Carlisle, Cumberland,England, UK
Occupation	Journalist, author, broadcaster

Grace Dent (born 3 October 1973) is an English journalist, author and broadcaster. Dent chiefly writes for The Independent, with an opinion column on Wednesday and a television column every Saturday. She writes "Grace and Flavour", a restaurant critic for the London Evening Standard and contributes to magazines such as Tatler and Marie Claire.

Dent has written eleven novels for teenagers., has fronted documentaries for Sky Atlantic and Channel 4, and appeared, among others, on Have I Got News For You (BBC1), The Now Show (Radio 4), The Review Show (BBC2), Film 2012 (BBC1), The Culture Show (BBC2), Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (BBC4), Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (Dave), Front Row (Radio 4) and The Lauren Laverne Show (6 Music).

Dent's first non-fiction title How To Leave Twitter (My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop) was published in July 2011.

Dent was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, and studied English Literature at Stirling University. While at university, she wrote features for Cosmopolitan.