Kate Atkinson
KATE ATKINSON is one of the world's foremost novelists whose most recent novel was the critically acclaimed Shrines of Gaiety , set in the aftermath of the First World War. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum . Her three critically lauded and prize- winning novels set around the Second World War are Life After Life , a worldwide bestseller, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award) and Transcription . Her bestselling...See more
KATE ATKINSON is one of the world's foremost novelists whose most recent novel was the critically acclaimed Shrines of Gaiety , set in the aftermath of the First World War. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum . Her three critically lauded and prize- winning novels set around the Second World War are Life After Life , a worldwide bestseller, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award) and Transcription . Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Kate Atkinson was awarded an MBE in 2011 and is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. See less
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Kate Atkinson book reviews
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Case Histories
Atkinson is original and wonderful
by Marcia, May 19, 2020
This writer is pretty well known but I only discovered her recently. Her output is small and each book different but many include her detective. They're not standard mysteries yet satisfy a mystery ... Read More
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One Good Turn
A very good read.
by GaylonP, Oct 7, 2014
A novel by Kate Atkinson, what else is there to say.
Great book. Read More
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Life After Life
About Life after Life
by GaylonP, Sep 30, 2014
If you are a Kate Atkinson fan, like I am, you will love this book. Truly excellent. Read More