Kate Thompson (writer, 1959)

Kate Thompson (born 1959 in Belfast ) is a Northern Irish writer who worked as an actress until 1998 . She also wrote under the pen name Pixie Pirelli .

Life

Thompson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1959 . She studied English and French literature at Trinity College , Dublin , but first became known as a film and stage actress: in 1989 she won the Best Actress Award at the Dublin Theater Festival . From 1989 to 1998 she played "Terry Killeen" in the Irish soap Opera Glenroe on RTÉ One .

In 1996 Thompson decided to write and her first novel, It Means Mischief (1999; German 2000 as The Lights of Dublin ), became a bestseller. In Ireland, Thompson is relocated near New Island , and since 2009 also with HarperCollins ; Her romantic novels are published in German by Droemer Knaur Verlag in Munich . In 2006 she also published the novel Hard to Choos as Pixie Pirelli .

Thompson has been married to actor Malcolm Douglas since 1985 and has had a daughter since 1987. She lives with her family in Dublin and on the Irish west coast.

Filmography (selection)

• Criminal Conversation (1980)
• Attracta (1983; based on the story by William Trevor )
• Glenroe (TV; episodes from 1989 to 1998)

Works in German

• Switchers. Roman, Carlsen Verlag Hamburg, 2000 ISBN 978-3-551-58055-9
• The lights of Dublin. Roman , Droemer Knaur, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-426-61482-0
• The sky over Ireland. Roman , Munich 2002, ISBN 3-426-61483-9
• Ella's dream. Roman , Munich 2003, ISBN 3-426-61990-3
• The blue hour. Roman , Munich 2004, ISBN 3-426-62316-1
• Cinderella against her will. Roman , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-426-62854-6
• Flowering dreams. Roman , Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-62855-4
• A garden by the sea. Roman , Augsburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86800-342-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Kate Thompson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kate Thompson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website of Kate Thompson
• Official website of "Pixie Pirelli"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait of the author at Droemer Knaur Verlag  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed April 4, 2009)