Kate Saunders (writer)

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Kate Saunders (born May 4, 1960 in London ) is a British writer , actress and journalist .

Life

Her mother Betty, nee Smith (1928-1997), was a journalist and wrote for the Daily Mirror and the Church Times , among others , her father Basil (1925-1998) studied at Oxford University and worked in the PR industry, under for General Electric and the Wellcome Foundation, among others . After getting married in 1957, the couple had four daughters and two sons. Kate is the second of these six siblings.

She initially worked as an actress, but increasingly turned to writing. She appeared in numerous TV series, including 1982 in Only Fools and Horses . Together with Peter Stanford, she hosted the miniseries Catholics and Sex on Channel 4 in 1992 , based on their book of the same name. She has also appeared in BBC Radio 4 formats such as Woman's Hour , Start the Week and Kaleidoscope .

She has subsequently written numerous books and works as a journalist and reviewer for newspapers and magazines in England such as The Sunday Times , Sunday Express , The Daily Telegraph and Cosmopolitan . In 1994 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis .

Kate Saunders writes novels and children's books that are part of fantastic literature. In addition to the occurrences and problems of the real everyday world, a fantastic storyline is introduced. A year after her 19-year-old son's suicide in 2012, she began writing Five Children on the Western Front , set at the time of World War I. The book is a continuation of Five Children And It by the writer Edith Nesbit , who dedicated the book to her son Fabian, who died at the age of 15.

Saunders served as a judge for the Man Booker Prize and the 2007 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction . She lives in London.

Awards

  • 2016: Nomination for the Carnegie Medal with Five Children on the Western Front
  • 2015: Ulmer Toke for the ingeniously dangerous immortality chocolate
  • 2014: Costa Book Award in the children's book category for Five Children on the Western Front The jury stated: “ This deeply moving and magical story touches on the greatest issues - love, family and friendship - as opposed to the horrors of the First World War. Kate Saunder's amazing achievement is to have created a modern masterpiece that captures the spirit of a beloved classic . "(" This profoundly moving and magical story tackles the biggest themes - love, family and friendship - set against the horrors of WWI. Kate Saunders' astounding achievement is to have created a modern masterpiece that captures the spirit of a much-loved classic. ")

Work (selection)

as a writer
  • The Shadows of Freshley Wood: Laetitia Rodd's Second Fall (The Wandering Scholar). Translation: Annette Hahn. FISCHER paperback, 2020, ISBN 978-3-596-00061-6
  • The Secret of Wishtide Manor: Laetitia Rodd's First Fall (The Secrets of Wishtide). Translation: Annette Hahn. FISCHER paperback, 2017, ISBN 978-3-596-29742-9
  • The Land of Neverendings . Faber & Faber, 2017, ISBN 978-0571310845
  • The ingeniously dangerous time travel chocolate (The curse of the chocolate phoenix). Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7373-4031-1
  • The ingeniously dangerous immortality chocolate (The whizz pop chocolate shop). Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main, 2015, ISBN 978-3-596-85657-2
  • Five Children on the Western Front . Faber & Faber, 2014, ISBN 978-0571310951
  • One year by your side (Mariana). Translation: Annette Hahn. Fischer Krüger, Frankfurt am Main, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8105-1942-9
  • Flora Fox and the darn day before yesterday (Beswitched). Translation: Annette Hahn. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main, 2012, ISBN 978-3-596-85449-3
  • It sounds like love (Spring sonata). Translation: Annette Hahn. Krüger, Frankfurt am Main, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8105-1936-8
  • Love makes fun (Crooked castle). Krüger, Frankfurt am Main, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8105-1935-1
  • It should be love (Bachelor boys). Krüger, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8105-1930-6
  • Love in the game (The marrying game). RM book and media sales, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Gütersloh, 2006, ISBN 978-3-596-81048-2
  • The wind of time . Engelhorn, Stuttgart, 1997, ISBN 978-3-87203-238-6
  • The belfry witches. Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim, Basel, Berlin 1994
  • Between Chastity and Purgatory: Catholics and Sex ( Catholics and Sex: From Purity to Perdition . William Heinemann, London, ISBN 0-434-67246-7 ). Together with Peter Stanford, Munich, Goldmann, 1994, ISBN 978-3-442-12529-6
  • Night Shall Overtake Us . HarperCollins , 1989, ISBN 978-0002238625
as an actress (selection)
  • 1992: Catholics and Sex (moderation)
  • 1984: Just Good Friends, TV series
  • 1982: Only Fools and Horses , TV series
  • 1979: A Family Affair, TV series
  • 1978: Angels, TV series
  • 1975: You Must Be Joking!

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Independent : Obituary Betty Saunders, April 8, 1997. Retrieved July 15, 2017
  2. ^ The Independent: Obituary by Basil Saunders, June 18, 1998. Retrieved July 15, 2017
  3. ↑ Kate Saunders at fantasticfiction.com , accessed July 15
  4. ^ Fischerverlag: About Kate Saunders . Retrieved July 15, 2017
  5. ↑ BBC : Interview with Kate Saunders, January 20, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2017
  6. ^ The Telegraph : Costa Prize Winner Kate Saunders, January 15, 2015. Accessed July 15, 2017
  7. ^ Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction: Judging . Retrieved July 15, 2017
  8. ^ The Guardian : Five Children on the Western Front Book Review , October 18, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2017
  9. ↑ Costa: Costa Book Awards 2014 Category Winners Announced . Retrieved July 15, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Saunders, Kate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer, actress and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH London , UK