Louise Doughty
Louise Doughty is an English fiction and non-fiction writer, and a playwright and journalist. She has worked as a "The Daily Telegraph" columnist and as a BBC Radio 4 presenter. Her ninth novel entitled "Platform Seven" was published in 2019. Biography. Doughty was born on 4 September 1963 in Melton Mowbray and grew up in Oakham, Rutland. She attended Oakham School and is an alumna of Leeds University and of the University of East Anglia. She has lectured and contributed on creative writing in several countries of the world. 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 the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme "A Good Read" in 1998 to 2001. In 2013, her seventh novel entitled "Apple Tree Yard", was published and became a number one bestseller, selling over half a million copies in the UK alone. It has also been translated in thirty territories worldwide. A four-part television adaptation of the same name was broadcast on BBC One in January 2017 . The series, which starred Emily Watson in the lead role, received widespread critical acclaim and consolidated viewing figures of 7 million per episode, making it the most-viewed new BBC drama at that time since "The Night Manager". Louise Doughty now lives in London. Awards and honours. Doughty's sixth 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 seventh novel, "Apple Tree Yard", was selected as a Richard & Judy Book Choice in the spring of 2014. Hilary Mantel commented on the novel , "There can’t be a woman alive who hasn't once realised, in a moment of panic, that she's in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man. Louise Doughty... leads her unnerved reader into dark territory. A compelling and bravely written book." Her short story "Fat White Cop with Ginger Eyebrows" was long-listed for the 2015 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award. Louise Doughty is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2019, she received an honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) from the University of East Anglia.