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Kate Atkinson
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1951
Kate Atkinson is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She has written historical novels, detective novels and family novels, incorporating postmodern and magical realist elements into the plots. Her debut, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book Award, the precursor to the Costa Book Award, in 1995. The novels Life After Life and A God in Ruins won the Costa Book Award for novel in 2013 and 2015. She is also known for the Jackson Brodie series of detective novels, which has been adapted into the BBC One series, Case Histories.
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About Kate Atkinson
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1951
Kate Atkinson is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She has written historical novels, detective novels and family novels, incorporating postmodern and magical realist elements into the plots. Her debut, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book Award, the precursor to the Costa Book Award, in 1995. The novels Life After Life and A God in Ruins won the Costa Book Award for novel in 2013 and 2015. She is also known for the Jackson Brodie series of detective novels, which has been adapted into the BBC One series, Case Histories.
Kate Atkinson was born in the historic city of York and currently resides in Edinburgh.
Her debut novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the prestigious Whitbread Book of the Year Award.
Beyond her work as a novelist, she has explored roles as a screenwriter, playwright, and journalist.
Her most notable work, Life After Life, is a benchmark of contemporary historical fiction.
With a prolific career, she has published over 140 works ranging from mystery to short stories.
