Kate Summerscale

Kate Summerscale

Kate Summerscale (born in 1965) is an award-winning English writer and journalist.

She is the author of "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House" [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/21/bokate121.xml Kate Summerscale: the perfect crime story] , "The Daily Telegraph", Sarah Crompton, 21 July 2008] (about the Constance Kent case), which won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2008, and the bestselling "The Queen of Whale Cay", about Joe Carstairs, 'fastest woman on water', which won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1998 and was shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread Awards for biography.

She worked for "The Independent" and from 1995 to 1996 she wrote and edited obituaries for "The Daily Telegraph". [ [http://www.harperperennial.co.uk/authors.aspx?id=5582 Harperperennial.co.uk] ] She is the former literary editor of "The Daily Telegraph" [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2302505/Kate-Summerscale-wins-Samuel-Johnson-Prize.html Kate Summerscale wins Samuel Johnson Prize] ] [ [http://blogs.raincoast.com/weblog/comments/q-a-with-kate-summerscale/ Q & A with Kate Summerscale] ] . Her articles have appeared in "The Guardian", "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Sunday Telegraph". [ [http://www.journalisted.com/kate-summerscale Kate Summserscale's articles at journalisted.com] ]

She has also judged various literary competitions including the Booker Prize in 2001.

Biography

She was brought up in Japan, England and Chile. She took a double-first at Oxford University and an MA in Journalism from Stanford University [ [http://www.whalecay.net/carstairs.htm Whalecay.net] ] . She lives in London with her son. [ [http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/microsite.asp?section=1&id=3186 Bloomsbury page on Kate Summerscale] ]

Bibliography

*"The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House", Bloomsbury, April 2008
*"The Queen of Whale Cay", Fourth Estate, August 1997

Awards and prizes

Winner

*2008 - Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction - "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House"
*1998 - Somerset Maugham Award - "The Queen of Whale Cay"

hortlisted

*1997 - Whitbread Award for biography - "The Queen of Whale Cay"

External links

* [http://www.katesummerscale.com Kate Summerscale's official website] at katesummerscale.com
* [http://www.journalisted.com/kate-summerscale Kate Summserscale's articles] at journalisted.com
* [http://www.untitledbooks.com/pages/interview/index.asp?InterviewID=57 Interview with Kate Summerscale] "Untitled Books", August 2008
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/crime/story/0,,2271163,00.html 'The Prince of Sleuths'] , Kate Summerscale in "The Guardian", April 5, 2008
* [http://blogs.raincoast.com/weblog/comments/q-a-with-kate-summerscale/ Q & A with Kate Summerscale]
* [http://www.theinterviewonline.co.uk/Archive/Kate-Summerscale-Interview.aspx Listen to an interview with Kate Summerscale] from The Interview Online
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/7339271.stm#book Watch The Suspicions of Mr Whicher being discussed] on "Newsnight Review"
* [http://www.mrwhicher.com/ Mrwhicher.com]

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