Kate Atkinson

KATE ATKINSON is one of the world's preeminent novelists, whose most recent stand-alone work was the critically acclaimed Shrines of Gaiety , set in the aftermath of the First World War. She won the Whitbread (Costa) Book of the Year Award with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her three critically lauded and prizewinning novels set around the Second World War are Life After Life , a worldwide bestseller, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award) and Transcription....See more

KATE ATKINSON is one of the world's preeminent novelists, whose most recent stand-alone work was the critically acclaimed Shrines of Gaiety , set in the aftermath of the First World War. She won the Whitbread (Costa) Book of the Year Award with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her three critically lauded and prizewinning novels set around the Second World War are Life After Life , a worldwide bestseller, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award) and Transcription. Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie-- Case Histories , One Good Turn , When Will There Be Good News? and Started Early, Took My Dog --became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Brodie later returned in the novel Big Sky. Kate Atkinson was awarded an MBE in 2011 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. See less