Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-01-09 ) 9 January 1954 (age 72) , Nairobi , Colony of Kenya
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Language
- English
- Alma mater
- University of Sussex , University of Edinburgh
- Period
- 1987–present
- Genre
- Historical fiction , romance , fantasy
- Notable awards
- RoNA Award
- Spouse
- Peter Chislett (divorced) Paul Carter (divorced) Anthony Mason (divorced)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Philippa
- Family name
- Gregory
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Nairobi
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Teesside University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.philippagregory.com
- Image
- Philippa gregory 2011.jpg
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- Commons category
- Philippa Gregory
- date of birth
- 1954-01-09
- pseudonym
- Philippa Gregory
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two films.
AudioFile magazine has called Gregory "the queen of British historical fiction".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Philippa Gregory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.