Isabel Colegate

Isabel Colegate

Isabel Diana Colegate (September 10, 1931–) is a British author and literary agent.

She was born in Lincolnshire, the daughter of Sir Arthur andWinifred Mary Colgate, and was educated at Runton Hill Schoolin Norfolk. She lived at Midford Castle near Bath, England until 2007. In 1953 she married Michael Briggs, and the couple have two sons and a daughter.

In 1985, her novel "The Shooting Party" was released as an award-winning film by Castle Hill Productions Inc.

Awards and honors

* W.H. Smith Literary award for "The Shooting Party", 1981
* Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, 1981
* Honorary M.A., University of Bath, 1988

Bibliography

* "The Blackmailer", 1958
* "A Man of Power", 1960
* "The Great Occasion", 1962
* "Statues in a Garden", 1964
* "Orlando King", 1968
* "Orlando at the Brazen Threshold", 1971
* "Agatha", 1973
* "News from the City of the Sun", 1979
* "The Shooting Party", 1980
* "A Glimpse of Sion’s Glory", 1985
* "Deceits of Time", 1988
* "The Summer of the Royal Visit", 1991
* "The Winter Journey", 1995
* "A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses", 2001

References

* Elizabeth Sleeman, "International Who's Who of Women", 2002.

External links

* [http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/LitCheck/colegate.htm ISABEL COLEGATE, 1931 –] , University of South Carolina.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088111/ The Shooting Party, 1985] , IMDB.
* [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4228/Colegate-Isabel-Diana.html Isabel (Diana) Colegate Biography]


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