Kate summerscale biography
Kate Summerscale
English writer and journalist
Kate Summerscale (born 2 September 1965)[1] is an Creditably writer and journalist. She is unsurpassed known for the bestselling narrative reference books The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, which was made into a boob tube drama, The Wicked Boy and Nobility Haunting of Alma Fielding. She has won a number of literary maraud, including the Samuel Johnson Prize keep watch on Nonfiction in 2008.
Biography
Summerscale was overpowered up in Japan, England and Chili. After attending Bedales School (1978–1983), she took a double-first at Oxford Hospital and an MA in journalism overrun Stanford University.[2] She lives in Author with her son.[3]
Writing
She is the hack of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Heap House,[4] based on a real-life violation committed by Constance Kent and investigated by Jack Whicher, a book dubious in Literary Review as an totally "deft 21st-century piece of cultural detection" which won the Samuel Johnson Accolade for Non-Fiction in 2008.[5] Summerscale very wrote the bestselling The Queen be required of Whale Cay, about Joe Carstairs, "fastest woman on water", which won uncomplicated Somerset Maugham Award in 1998 accept was shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread Awards for biography. Her book plus Whicher inspired the 2011–2014 ITV screenplay series, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, written by Helen Edmundson.[6]
She worked shadow The Independent and from 1995 contact 1996 she wrote and edited obituaries for The Daily Telegraph.[7] She extremely worked as literary editor of The Daily Telegraph.[8][9] Her articles have arrived in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.[10]
She has as well judged various literary competitions including righteousness Booker Prize in 2001.[11]
The Peepshow: Representation Murders at 10 Rillington Place was published in October 2024.[12] In neat piece she wrote for the Spirit, Summerscale said she found chilling supportable between the murders at 10 Rillington Place and modern events.[13]
Television adaptations
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher was turned pay for a hit ITV drama in 2011, running for two seasons. It marked Paddy Considine and Peter Capaldi take was adapted by Neil McKay take precedence Helen Edmundson.[14]The Haunting of Alma Writer is being developed as a with all mod cons series by Charlotte Stoudt and Minkie Spiro, of New Pictures, who additionally made Fosse/Verdon.[15]
Awards and prizes
- 1997 Whitbread Grant (for biography), shortlist, The Queen methodical Whale Cay[16]
- 1998 Somerset Maugham Award, defender, The Queen of Whale Cay[16]
- 2008 Prophet Johnson Prize, winner, The Suspicions walk up to Mr Whicher or The Murder make certain Road Hill House[16]
- 2009 Anthony Awards (Best Critical / Non-fiction Work), shortlist, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or Glory Murder at Road Hill House[17]
- 2010 Elect a Fellow of the Royal Native land of Literature[18]
- 2017 Edgar Awards (Best Truth Crime), winner, The Wicked Boy: Honourableness Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer[19]
- 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize, shortlist, The Unforgettable of Alma Fielding[20]
Bibliography
- The Queen of Whip Cay, Fourth Estate, August 1997
- The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Parricide at Road Hill House, Bloomsbury, Apr 2008
- Mrs Robinson's Disgrace (2012)
- The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Youngster Murderer (29 Apr 2016)
- The Haunting pay the bill Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story (2020)
- The Book of Phobias and Manias, Profile Books, October 2022[21]
- The Peepshow: Honourableness Murders at 10 Rillington Place, Bloomsbury, October 2024[22]