Theresa Gooda

Writer

Theresa Gooda writes poetry, plays and short stories and is the ghost writer of a series of Sunday Times top ten bestselling memoirs.

Upcoming events

  • BilliLit with Abi Smith

    26th April 2026 12PM

    Ted Gooda and Abi Smith will be in conversation about ghostwriting at BilliLit, Billingshurst’s Book Festival.

  • BilliLit with Louise Allen

    Saturday 26th April 2.30pm

    Ted will interview Louise Allen about Thrown Away Children and new Slave Girls series.

  • Mannequim

    April - May - June

    Ted’s new play Mannequim, co-written with Lexy Medwell is on tour at BilliLit at the Brighton Fringe Festival

Step forward in solidarity

Ted Gooda performed as part of the Shelley Memorial Project International Women’s Day 2025 event at Waterstones Horsham. Celebrating the strength, resilience, and achievements of women via the medium of poetry, Ted Gooda performed alongside fellow poets Liz Barnes, Kate Collier and Nicola Garrard to raise £500 for the SMP.

Writing as Ted Gooda, Theresa’s debut poetry pamphlet Silence & Selvedge was published in September 2024

Thrown Away Children

Theresa has ghostwritten ten books in the Sunday Times bestselling Thrown Away Children series, writing as Theresa McEvoy with Louise Allen, with an eleventh planned for publication in 2025

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