And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written.

Her second Hum about the Bristol Hum was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 20 May 2009. and a television adaptation of Colder Than Here. Wade grew up in Sheffield where her father worked for a computer company.

After completing her secondary education at Lady Manners School in Bakewell Derbyshire Wade studied Drama at Bristol University and was later a member of the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers’ Programme. Laura Wade (born 1977 in Bedford England) is a British playwright.