Name Isabel Colegate Role Author | Spouse Michael Briggs (m. 1953) Movies The Shooting Party | |
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Parents Arthur Colegate, Winifred Mary Colegate Books The Shooting Party, A Pelican in the Wilderne, The Blackmailer, Winter Journey, Statues in a Garden | ||
Isabel Diana Colegate (born 10 September 1931) is a British author and literary agent.
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Biography
She was born in Lincolnshire, the daughter of Sir Arthur and Winifred Mary Colegate, and was educated at Runton Hill School in Norfolk. She lived at Midford Castle near Bath, England, until 2007. Anthony Blond set up his own firm in 1952, Anthony Blond (London) Ltd, in partnership with Isabel Colegate.
In 1953 she married Michael Briggs, and the couple have two sons and a daughter.
Her novel The Shooting Party (1980) was adapted as an award-winning film of the same name, released in 1985 by Castle Hill Productions Inc. In 2010, it was adapted for radio by the BBC.
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