Kate Mosse
Kate Mosse ( CBE ) (born October 20, 1961 near Chichester , West Sussex ) is a British writer and television presenter . She is not to be confused with the British model Kate Moss .
Life
Kate Mosse presents a regular book program for the BBC's culture channel . In 1996 she was one of the founders of the Orange Prize for Fiction , which has been awarded annually since then. She also writes short stories , newspaper articles and non-fiction books .
In 1996 Kate Mosse published her first novel , Eskimo Kissing , about a young, adopted woman looking for her parentage. 1998 followed the time travel - Thriller Crucifix Lane . In 2005 she landed an international success with Labyrinth (Eng .: The Lost Labyrinth ), an archaeological detective story set in the Middle Ages and in the present . In 2012 she worked as a screenwriter on the film The Lost Labyrinth .
Kate Mosse lives in West Sussex and Carcassonne with her husband and two children .
honors and awards
- 2013: Commander des Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Works
- Eskimo kissing . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1996, ISBN 0-340-64950-X .
- Crucific Lane . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1998, ISBN 0-340-69291-X .
- Winter Ghosts ( "Winter Ghosts"). Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3426198902 .
- The Mistletoe Bride & Other Haunting Tales . Orion, 2013, ISBN 978-1-409-14804-3 . Collection of short stories
Languedoc trilogy
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The lost labyrinth ("labyrinth"). Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-63161-X .
- The lost labyrinth. Audio book ("Labyrinth"). Argon-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-945-2 (1 CD; read by Julia Fischer).
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The eighth card (“Sepulcher”). Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 3-426-19661-1 .
- The eighth card. Audiobook ("Sepulcher"). Abridged version. Argon-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86610-570-6 (8 CDs, read by Tanja Geke ).
- The women of Carcassonne ("Citadel"). Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-28103-1 .
Web links
- Author's weblog and homepage (English)
- Literature by and about Kate Mosse in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kate Mosse in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gulf Times: The 'other Kate Mosse' pens her success story , November 7, 2007 , accessed May 19, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mosse, Kate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Chichester |