Occupation Novelist, Journalist Nominations Costa Novel Award Role Novelist | Name Louise Doughty Nationality British | |
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Born 4 September 1963 (age 60)
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, U.K. ( 1963-09-04 ) Education University of East Anglia, University of Leeds Books Apple Tree Yard, Whatever You Love, A Novel in a Year: A Novelist's, Fires in the dark, Stone Cradle | ||
A short film about apple tree yard with louise doughty
Louise Doughty is an English writer and journalist.
Contents
- A short film about apple tree yard with louise doughty
- Nikita lalwani interviewed by louise doughty for fiction uncovered 2013
- Early life
- Career
- References
Nikita lalwani interviewed by louise doughty for fiction uncovered 2013
Early life
Doughty was born in Melton Mowbray and grew up in Oakham, Rutland. She is an alumna of Leeds University and of the University of East Anglia.
Career
Doughty has written novels, non-fiction and plays for radio. She has worked as a cultural critic for newspapers and magazines. Her weekly column for The Daily Telegraph was published as A Novel in a Year in 2007. Doughty was a member of the BBC show A Good Read.
Doughty's novel Whatever You Love was short-listed for the Costa Book Award for fiction in 2010 and long-listed for the Orange Prize in 2011. Her book, Apple Tree Yard, was selected as a Richard & Judy Book Choice in the spring of 2014 and adapted for television (Apple Tree Yard) in 2017. Her short story, "Fat White Cop with Ginger Eyebrows", was long-listed for the 2015 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award.