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Kate Atkinson
Kate Atkinson, MBE (born 1951) is an English writer.
Life
Atkinson was born in York, the daughter of a shopkeeper. She studied English literature at the University of Dundee, gaining her master's degree in 1974. Atkinson subsequently studied for a doctorate in American literature, entitled "The post-modern American short story in its historical context". She has often spoken publicly that she failed at the viva (oral examination) stage. After leaving the university, she took on a variety of jobs from home help to legal secretary and teacher.
Atkinson has been married twice, while a student to the father of her first daughter Eve, and subsequently to the father of her second daughter Helen.
Writing career
Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year ahead of Salman Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh and Roy Jenkins's biography of William Ewart Gladstone. It went on to be a Sunday Times bestseller. Since then, she has published another eight novels, one play, and one collection of short stories. A series of four novels, starting with Case Histories, has featured the character of Jackson Brodie as a private investigator and former police inspector.
Kate Atkinson (actress)
Kate Atkinson (born 1972) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress. She is best known for her roles on television series SeaChange as police officer Karen Miller and Offspring as Renee. She currently stars in Wentworth as Vera Bennett.
Atkinson has also had regular roles in the television series Fat Cow Motel, The Cooks and Kath & Kim. Film roles include Japanese Story, The Hard Word and The Jammed.
Biography
Atkinson was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 1972 and was raised in Perth.
She currently resides in Melbourne, Victoria.
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