Nat Luurtsema Nat Luurtsema was a stand-up comic for eight years and is now a comedy writer, author, film-maker and secret animal mind-reader. She was nominated for a BAFTA for her first short film, collaborates in comedy writers' rooms and is anoccasional co-host on the podcast The Guilty Feminist. Nat writes funny books for children and teenagers, and Opie Jones is her first middle grade series. Read More Read Less