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(b.Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award.
She is the author of a collection of short stories, Not the End of the World, and of the critically acclaimed novels Human Croquet, Emotionally Weird, Case Histories, and One Good Turn.
Case Histories introduced her readers to Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster.
Genres: Mystery, Historical, Fantasy
Series
Jackson Brodie
1. Case Histories (2004)
2. One Good Turn (2006)
3. When Will There Be Good News (2008)
4. Started Early, Took My Dog (2010)
5. Big Sky (2019)
1. Case Histories (2004)
2. One Good Turn (2006)
3. When Will There Be Good News (2008)
4. Started Early, Took My Dog (2010)
5. Big Sky (2019)
Novels
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995)
Human Croquet (1997)
Emotionally Weird (2000)
Transcription (2018)
Human Croquet (1997)
Emotionally Weird (2000)
Transcription (2018)
Collections
Not the End of the World (2001)
Ox-Tales: Earth (2009) (with Jonathan Buckley, Jonathan Coe, Hanif Kureishi, Marti Leimbach, Marina Lewycka, Ian Rankin, Vikram Seth, Nicholas Shakespeare and Rose Tremain)
Crimespotting (2009) (with Lin Anderson, Margaret Atwood, Chris Brookmyre, John Burnside, Isla Dewar, A L Kennedy, Denise Mina, Ian Rankin and James Robertson)
Festive Spirits (2019)
Ox-Tales: Earth (2009) (with Jonathan Buckley, Jonathan Coe, Hanif Kureishi, Marti Leimbach, Marina Lewycka, Ian Rankin, Vikram Seth, Nicholas Shakespeare and Rose Tremain)
Crimespotting (2009) (with Lin Anderson, Margaret Atwood, Chris Brookmyre, John Burnside, Isla Dewar, A L Kennedy, Denise Mina, Ian Rankin and James Robertson)
Festive Spirits (2019)
Plays
Awards
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Kate Atkinson recommends
Before Women Had Wings (1996)
Connie May Fowler
"A warm and lyrical writer who deserves to be better known."
The Ship of Fools (2002)
Gregory Norminton
"Clever and energetic and sly and funny and full of surprises."
The Bullet Trick (2006)
Louise Welsh
"Her most thrilling yet - an electrifying journey to one man's heart."
The Rehearsal (2008)
Eleanor Catton
"A wonderful debut by a truly exciting new writer - The Rehearsal is compulsively good."
After The Fire (2009)
(Anna Cameron, book 2)
Karen Campbell
"Anna is a great, original character and Karen Campbell has a great way with images. It seems to me that in crime writing these days (perhaps always) its really only the women writers who can do interesting characters AND interesting plot, but then we were multi-taskers ever."
The Next Time You See Me (2013)
Holly Goddard Jones
"So rich in character... An immensely satisfying and skillful debut novel."
The Quick (2014)
Lauren Owen
"A suspenseful, gloriously atmospheric first novel, and a feast of gothic storytelling that is impossible to resist."
Spoils (2017)
Brian Van Reet
"Spoils is a harrowing and incredibly powerful debut. I read this with awe."
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