Lucy Atkins Explained
| Lucy Atkins |
| Birth Date: | 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | English Literature |
| Alma Mater: | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Notable Works: | Magpie Lane
Windmill Hill
The Night Visitor
First Time Parent
The Cancer Survivor's Companion |
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| Children: | 3 |
| Parents: | B. T. S. Atkins, Peter Atkins |
Lucy Atkins is a British author and journalist. Her novels include Magpie Lane, Windmill Hill and The Night Visitor. Her books have been published in the UK and internationally and The Night Visitor (2017) has been optioned for television.[1]
Personal life
Atkins is the daughter of the lexicographer B. T. S. Atkins and the niece of linguist John McHardy Sinclair. She teaches on the Creative Writing Master's degree at the University of Oxford.
Career
She is a literary critic for The Sunday Times and The Guardian and served as a judge for the 2017 Costa Book Awards[2] She has co-presented features about books on BBC Radio Oxford.[3] She has also written for UK other newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times and The Telegraph.[4]
Selected publications
Fiction
- Windmill Hill. 2023.[5] [6] [7]
- Magpie Lane. 2020.[8] [9] [10] [11]
- The Night Visitor. 2017.
- The Other Child. 2015.
- The Missing One. 2014.
Non-fiction
- Lucy Atkins. 2010. First-Time Parent: The honest guide to coping brilliantly and staying sane in your baby’s first year. HarperCollins.
- Lucy Atkins and Frances Goodhart. 2011. The Cancer Survivor's Companion: Practical ways to cope with your feelings after cancer. 2011 Hachette UK.[12]
- Frances Goodhart and Lucy Atkins. 2013. How to Feel Better: Practical ways to recover well from illness and injury.
- Lucy Atkins and Julia Guderian. 2005. Blooming Birth. How to Get the Pregnancy and Birth You Want.
Notes and References
- Web site: TV Option for Lucy Atkins's The Night Visitor. Greene & Heaton. 23 February 2021.
- Web site: Costa Book Awards 2017 Shortlists Announced. 21 November 2017. Foyles. 23 February 2021.
- Web site: David Prever's Breakfast Club. 27 January 2016. BBC Radio Oxford. 23 February 2021.
- Alan Zeichick. 2009. Net News: A-twitter over Twitter. netWorker Volume 13, Number 1 (2009), Pages 5-7.
- News: Windmill Hill by Lucy Atkins review – haunted by the past. The Guardian. 11 May 2023 . Gale . Patrick .
- News: Nicol . Patricia . 2023-07-31 . Windmill Hill by Lucy Atkins review — an entertaining read . . en . 2023-08-01 . 0140-0460.
- The Observer. "Hot off the press: authors pick their page-turners for summer" 2 Jul 2023
- Web site: Books to help you escape lockdown, chosen by Hilary Mantel, Edna O'Brien and more. The Guardian. 20 June 2020.
- Web site: 2020-05-16 . Atmospheric, haunting Oxford thriller . 2023-08-01 . The Canberra Times . en-AU.
- John Williams. "From the excellent Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins to the fast-paced latest from Matthew Hall and Joe Thomas' original Bent, thrillers of the week." 4 April 2020
- News: Jane Casey: On My Culture Radar . 2023-08-01 . The Irish Times . en.
- Reviewed by David Holmes. "Help at hand". Cancer and Society Volume 13, ISSUE 1, P21, 1 January 2012 Web site: www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk . 8 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918005237/https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/book/lucy-atkins/the-cancer-survivors-companion-practical-ways-to-cope-with-your-feelings-after-cancer . 18 September 2016 . dead .
