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Sarah Waters is a British novelist and writer who began her professional career in 1998. Born on July 21, 1966, in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales, she is a citizen of the United Kingdom and works in London. She speaks Welsh and English. Waters has been educated at the University of Kent, Queen Mary University of London, and the University of Lancaster. Her writing focuses on historical fiction, and she has contributed to TheGuardian.com.
Waters is a member of the Royal Society of Literature. She has received the Lambda Literary Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, and an honorary doctorate. Additionally, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and was nominated for the Booker Prize. Her notable works include *Tipping the Velvet*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 21 Jul 1966
- Works
- 36
Top works
- Tipping the Velvet
- זרעים של חיבה
- משמרת לילה
- Du bout des doigts
- Derrière la porte
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Sarah Waters is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.
Known for
- Queer as Art — Self2017
- Virago: Changing The World One Page at a Time — Self2016
- Babel2014
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1913-04-04
- Active to
- 1983-04-30
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 278
- Total plays
- 7,112
Sarah Waters is a British novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sarah+Waters">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
· 2005 · cited 33,944x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,255x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,985x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,798x
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Quotes
- “With me and my queer nature, that set me so at odds with the world and all its ordinary rules, I could not find a place in it to live and be content.”
- “They will turn my passion into something gross and wrong... It is only love, Helenonly that.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1966-07-21 ) 21 July 1966 (age 59) , Neyland , Pembrokeshire , Wales
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Alma mater
- University of Kent , Lancaster University , Queen Mary University of London
- Period
- 1998–present
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Partner
- Lucy Vaughan (2002–present)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sarah
- Family name
- Waters
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Neyland
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Lancaster
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Official website
- www.sarahwaters.com
- Image
- Sarah Waters.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Sarah Waters
- date of birth
- 1966-07-21
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- P8168
- Milići
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- described at URL
- baike.sogou.com/v63552647.htm
- has written for
- TheGuardian.com
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Sarah Ann Waters OBE (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.
Life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarah Waters” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.