MineEnders (2019 TV series)/MineEnders: Maya's Secret Diary

MineEnders: Maya's Secret Diary is a 2020 book release based on the events of the first season of MineEnders, from the side of the character Maya (voiced by Indiana Mae-Allum, who also provided a foreword). The book was written by Simon Ashdown, who had previously worked as a writer for EastEnders.

The book depicts all the hard times that Maya has to push through, including coping with the death of her boyfriend Clyde, her best friend Alice's shock revelation that she has epilepsy, accidentally shooting and killing Clyde's mother Zara, then finally leaving Blocktura for good at the beginning of the second season.

The book is written in a form of ongoing diary entries, also with coloured photos taken from the show and drawings. The book is intended to be released as a tie-in to the EastEnders books Tiffany's Secret Diary and Bianca's Secret Diary (released 1998 and 1999). Maya actually made a reference to Tiffany Mitchell and Bianca Butcher in the first season, and claimed she had met the actresses (Martine McCutcheon and Patsy Palmer) at a convention. Like the two EastEnders books, this was released on the air date of the character's departure.