fiction.wikisort.org - WriterKate Summerscale (born 1965) is an English writer and journalist.
English writer and journalist
Kate Summerscale |
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Born | 1965 (age 56–57) London, England |
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Occupation | Writer and journalist |
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Alma mater | Stanford University |
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Notable works | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House |
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www.katesummerscale.com |
Biography
Summerscale was brought up in Japan, England and Chile. After attending Bedales School (1978–1983), she took a double-first at Oxford University and an MA in journalism from Stanford University.[1] She lives in London with her son.[2]
Writing
She is the author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House,[3] based on a real-life crime committed by Constance Kent and investigated by Jack Whicher, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2008, and the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, about Joe Carstairs, "fastest woman on water", which won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1998 and was shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread Awards for biography. Her book on Whicher inspired the 2011–2014 ITV drama series, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, written by Helen Edmundson.[4]
She worked for The Independent and from 1995 to 1996 she wrote and edited obituaries for The Daily Telegraph.[5] She also worked as literary editor of The Daily Telegraph.[6][7] Her articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.[8]
She has also judged various literary competitions including the Booker Prize in 2001.[9]
Awards and prizes
- 1997 Whitbread Award (for biography), shortlist, The Queen of Whale Cay[10]
- 1998 Somerset Maugham Award, winner, The Queen of Whale Cay[10]
- 2008 Samuel Johnson Prize, winner, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House[10]
- 2009 Anthony Awards (Best Critical / Non-fiction Work), shortlist, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House[11]
- 2010 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[12]
- 2017 Edgar Awards (Best Fact Crime), winner, The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer[13]
- 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize, shortlist, The Haunting of Alma Fielding[14]
Bibliography
- The Queen of Whale Cay, Fourth Estate, August 1997
- The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House, Bloomsbury, April 2008
- Mrs Robinson's Disgrace (2012)
- The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer (29 Apr 2016)
- The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story (2020)
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- [en] Kate Summerscale
[ru] Саммерскейл, Кейт
Кейт Саммерскейл (англ. Kate Summerscale, 1965) — английская журналистка и писательница.
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