Kate Atkinson
English writer of novels, plays and short stories
Person · Open Library
- Born
- January 01, 1951
- Works
- 142
Top works
- When Will There Be Good News?
- Transcription
- Juegos De Interior
- Pricksongs and Descants
- Big Sky
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Yorkshire, England, UK
Known for
- Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius — Self2025
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1951-12-20
via MusicBrainz · CC0
~10 min read
Article
Kate Atkinson MBE (born 20 December 1951) 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.
Biography
Connections
Categories
1951 births20th-century English novelists20th-century English short story writers20th-century English women novelists21st-century English novelists21st-century English short story writers21st-century English women novelistsAlumni of the University of DundeeBritish Book Award winnersEnglish crime fiction writersEnglish mystery writersEnglish women dramatists and playwrights