Name Annabel Davis-Goff | Role Writer | |
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Spouse Mike Nichols (m. 1975–1986) Children Max Nichols, Daisy Nichols, Jenny Nichols Parents Alice Cynthia Sainthill Woodhouse, Ernest William Davis-Goff Books This Cold Country, The dower house, Walled Gardens: Scenes fr, The fox's walk, Night tennis Similar People Mike Nichols, Max Nichols, Jenny Nichols, Diane Sawyer, Rachel Nichols | ||
Annabel Davis-Goff (born 19 February 1942) is an Irish writer and academic, active in the United States.
Life and career
Davis-Goff was born in Ireland to Anglo-Irish parents. Her father was Sir Ernest William Davis-Goff, 3rd Bt; her mother was Alice Cynthia Sainthill Woodhouse. She left Ireland in her teens, and worked in England in television and film, before moving to the USA. She lived for a while in California, and then married and moved to Connecticut.
She is best known for her family memoir Walled Gardens (1990; new edition by Eland in 2008). She has published several more books since, including The Dower House (1997), This Cold Country (2002) and The Fox’s Walk. She has edited The Literary Companion to Gambling and has reviewed books for the New York Times and Entertainment Weekly.
She teaches in Bennington College and divides her time between Manhattan and Vermont.
She was married to Hollywood film director Mike Nichols from 1975 to 1986. They had 2 children together: Max Nichols and Jenny Nichols.