- Kate Mosse
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name = Kate Mosse
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birthdate =20 October 1961
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occupation =Author
nationality = English
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genre =Fantasy
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debut_works = "Eskimo Kissing"
spouse = Greg Mosse
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children = Martha Mosse, Felix Mosse
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website = http://www.labyrinthbook.net/
footnotes =Kate Mosse (born 20 October 1961) is an English
author andbroadcaster . She is best known for her 2005 novel "Labyrinth", which has been translated into more than 37 languages.Early life
Kate was born in
West Sussex . She was educated at Chichester High School andNew College, Oxford . After graduating she spent seven years in publishing.Later life and career
In 1996 she published her first novel, "Eskimo Kissing", about a young, adopted woman searching for her background. This was followed in 1998 by the thriller "Crucifix Lane". From 1998 up to 2001, she held her post as the executive director of the Chichester Festival Theatre. Meanwhile she also remained engaged in research work for her up-coming novel. In 2005 she had international success with her novel, "Labyrinth", an adventure story set both in the Middle Ages and the present.
She is the
television presenter of theBBC Four literary chat show, "Readers' and Writers' Roadshow" and a well-known figure in the media. In 1996 she co-founded the annualOrange Prize for Fiction , of which she is also the Honorary Director. In 2000 she was named European Woman of Achievement for her contribution to the arts. [http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth5689E3E009d721632CKxP2FFF57F]In 2006 Kate Mosse won a British Book Award for "Labyrinth" in the category "Richard & Judy's Best Read".
In October 2007 she released her latest novel, "Sepulchre".Kate married old school friend Greg Mosse, after meeting him again twenty years later on a train by chance. Mosse lives with her husband and children, Martha and Felix, in
West Sussex andCarcassonne .In February 2008 she appeared on the morality debate show,
The Big Questions onBBC One .External links
* [http://www.labyrinthbook.net/ Kate's official website]
* [http://www.mosselabyrinth.co.uk/ Kate's "Labyrinth" website and blog]
* [http://www.sepulchre.co.uk/ Kate's "Sepulchre" website and blog]
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