Kate Summerscale Explained

Kate Summerscale
Birth Date:1965 9, df=yes
Birth Place:London, England
Occupation:Writer and journalist
Alma Mater:Stanford University
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Notableworks:The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House
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Kate Summerscale (born 2 September 1965)[1] is an English writer and journalist. She is best known for the bestselling narrative nonfiction books The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, which was made into a television drama, The Wicked Boy and The Haunting of Alma Fielding. She has won a number of literary prizes, including the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction in 2008.

Biography

Summerscale was brought up in Japan, England and Chile. After attending Bedales School (1978–1983), she took a double-first at Oxford University and an MA in journalism from Stanford University.[2] She lives in London with her son.[3]

Writing

She is the author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House,[4] based on a real-life crime committed by Constance Kent and investigated by Jack Whicher, a book described in Literary Review as an altogether "deft 21st-century piece of cultural detection" which won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2008.[5] Summerscale also wrote 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. Her book on Whicher inspired the 2011–2014 ITV drama series, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, written by Helen Edmundson.[6]

She worked for The Independent and from 1995 to 1996 she wrote and edited obituaries for The Daily Telegraph.[7] She also worked as literary editor of The Daily Telegraph.[8] [9] Her articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.[10]

She has also judged various literary competitions including the Booker Prize in 2001.[11]

Television adaptations

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher was turned into a hit ITV drama in 2011, running for two seasons. It starred Paddy Considine and Peter Capaldi and was adapted by Neil McKay and Helen Edmundson.[12] The Haunting of Alma Fielding is being developed as a limited series by Charlotte Stoudt and Minkie Spiro, of New Pictures, who also made Fosse/Verdon.[13]

Awards and prizes

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: 2 September 2023 . Birthdays . 9 . . Journal.
  2. http://www.whalecay.net/carstairs.htm Whalecay.net
  3. Web site: Bloomsbury page on Kate Summerscale . Bloomsbury.com . 2012-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208114441/http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/microsite.asp?section=1&id=3186 . 8 February 2012 .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20080721071842/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/21/bokate121.xml Kate Summerscale: the perfect crime story
  5. Web site: Day of the Detective. Literary Review. Andrew. Lycett. April 2008.
  6. Web site: Press Releases.
  7. Web site: Harperperennial.co.uk . Harperperennial.co.uk . 2012-02-28.
  8. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2302505/Kate-Summerscale-wins-Samuel-Johnson-Prize.html Kate Summerscale wins Samuel Johnson Prize
  9. Web site: Q & A with Kate Summerscale . Blogs.raincoast.com . 2012-02-28.
  10. Web site: Kate Summserscale's articles at . Journalisted.com . 2012-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219161447/http://journalisted.com/kate-summerscale . 2012-02-19 . dead .
  11. Web site: The Man Booker Prize 2001. themanbookerprize.com. 28 November 2016.
  12. News: Crace . John . 2011-04-25 . TV review: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher; Miracles for Sale . 2024-06-28 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  13. Web site: Ritman . Alex . 2021-02-15 . ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Writer, Director Reunite for ‘Haunting of Alma Fielding’ TV Adaptation . 2024-06-11 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  14. Web site: The Samuel Johnson Prize 2008. thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk. 5 October 2016.
  15. Web site: Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees . Bouchercon.info . 2003-10-02 . 2012-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html . 2012-02-07 .
  16. Web site: Royal Society of Literature All Fellows . Royal Society of Literature . 10 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100305070326/http://www.rslit.org/content/fellows . 5 March 2010 .
  17. Web site: Edgar Allan Poe winners . theedgars.com. 17 May 2017.
  18. Web site: The Baillie Gifford Prize 2020 shortlist announced. The Baillie Gifford Prize.
  19. Web site: The Book of Phobias and Manias - Profile Books .
  20. Web site: Bloomsbury buys Kate Summerscale title on the Rillington Place murders . 2024-06-11 . The Bookseller . En.

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