Becki Jayne Crossley

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writer of things, lover of puns 🏳️‍🌈 debut YA romance TART 🍓 (Bloomsbury, Aug ‘25) available to pre-order now! rep’d by ASH Literary ✨

Selfie of a woman with chin length blonde hair holding a pink book called ‘Tart’. Her expression is one of screaming excitement.
Graphic with a pink textured background and a strawberry pattern. Red bubble text reads: 200 days ‘til TART. Underneath is an image of a book cover featuring a strawberry tart and the title TART by Becki Jayne Crossley.
Graphic with a pink textured background with a strawberry pattern. Text reads: words written, 82k. 16k added to TART, over several rounds of editing across the year. 66k written of WIP, fully plotted and ready to finish and revise in early 2025
Selfie of a smiling white woman with shoulder length blonde hair wearing a black top with a cocktail umbrella tucked behind one ear. The backdrop is of a variety of colourful stuffed animals.
Screengrab of Jeremy from Peep Show looking annoyed, with the caption: “That wasn’t very Christmassy”
Photo of a white blonde woman stood posing on one leg with her arms out, in front of the entrance to Wembley Stadium. She’s wearing a pale blue dress with tulle sleeves and skirt, with bird silhouettes all over it.
Photo of the Eras Tour stage and big screen, with confetti and fireworks going off.
Spotify wrapped screenshot of top artists: Taylor Swift, Marianas Trench, Fall Out Boy, Sabrina Carpenter, McFly
Screenshot of a Facebook memory from 10 years ago today. Status reads: “The last couple of months have been rough. But for the past 28 days I’ve had something positive to focus on and tonight I achieved something I was beginning to think would never happen. One month, 50,000 words. Nailed it.” There is an image of a completed NaNoWriMo graph.
Photo of a red carpet and skyline backdrop with large prop letters spelling YALC. Stood behind is a woman with short blonde hair wearing a pink strawberry print shirt and a red pinafore dress, smiling with her arms outstretched over the letters.
Photo of a woman with short blonde hair wearing a pink strawberry print dress, smiling and holding up a booklet with the front cover reading ‘TART’ that has a slice of oozing strawberry tart on the cover. Pinned to the wall behind her is a tote bag with ‘Bloomsbury’ on it.
Promo image for a book announcement: ‘TART’ by Becki Jayne Crossley. Cover is pink with an oozing strawberry tart. Text on image reads ‘Grab your exclusive chapter sampler at YALC 2024, publishes 14th August 2025, pre-order now’
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Screenshot of the top two ‘Best Sellers in Young Adult Fiction on Bullying’ on Amazon. Number one is Matilda by Roald Dahl, number two is Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley
Promo image of a pink book titled ‘TART’ by Becki Jayne Crossley. The cover features a slice of strawberry tart oozing sauce, and the tagline ‘Love bites when everyone says you’re a tart’. There is a banner across the top reading ‘Grab your exclusive chapter sampler at YALC 2024’, and a circular sticker style overlay saying ‘Pre-order now’. Underneath the book it says ‘Publishes 14th August 2025, Bloomsbury, illustrations copyright Sarah Long 2025’