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Kate Atkinson

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    (December 20, 1951- )
    Born in York, England, United Kingdom
    Created a series of novels featuring detective Jackson Brodie
    Also wrote the novels 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' (1995), 'Human Croquet' (1997), 'Emotionally Weird' (2000), 'Life After Life' (2013), 'A God in Ruins' (2015), 'Transcription' (2018), and 'Shrines of Gaiety' (2022)
    Named a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature (2011)

Why she might be annoying:

    She said that when she left home for Dundee University, 'I knew nothing about life. I didn't even know where Dundee was.'
    She failed the oral exams for her doctorate.
    She was married and divorced twice.
    She became agoraphobic for a year after she turned 40.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize for her debut novel (1995).
    Stephen King called 'Case Histories,' the first book in the Jackson Brodie series, 'the best mystery of the decade.'
    The BBC adapted the Jackson Brodie books into the TV series 'Case Histories,' starring Jason Isaacs.
    She said about writing, 'One good sentence can pay off for years of tedium.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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