Madeleine Wickham (born Madeleine Townley on 12 December 1969) is an English author of chick lit who is most known for her work under the pen name Sophie Kinsella.
After graduating from Putney High School and earning a degree in PPE from New College, Oxford in 1990, Wickham worked as a financial journalist (including for Pensions World) before turning to fiction.
While working as a financial journalist, at the age of 24, she wrote her first novel. The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. She went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham: A Desirable Residence, Swimming Pool Sunday, The Gatecrasher, The Wedding Girl, Cocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements.
Her first novel as 'Sophie Kinsella' was submitted to her existing publishers anonymously and was enthusiastically received. 'Sophie' revealed her real identity for the first time when Can You Keep a Secret? was published in December 2005.
Sophie Kinsella is best known for writing the Shopaholic novels series of chick lit novels, which focus on the misadventures of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who cannot manage her own finances. The series focuses on her obsession with shopping and its resulting complications for her life. The first two Shopaholic books were adapted into a film and released in February 2009, with Isla Fisher playing Becky and Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon.
Twenties Girl, which was released in the UK in July 2009 was also published under the name Sophie Kinsella. The latest addition to the Shopaholic series, Mini Shopaholic, came out in September 2010.
Personal life
Wickham lives in Surrey and London with her husband, Henry Wickham, a headmaster of a boys' prep school. They have been married for 17 years and have four sons, Freddy, 14, Hugo, 12, Oscar, 5, and Rex, 10 months.She is also the sister of fellow writer, Gemma Townley.
Bibliography
As Sophie Kinsella
The Shopaholic Seriesn° | Book Title | Year |
---|---|---|
1 | The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (also titled Confessions of a Shopaholic) | 2000 |
2 | Shopaholic Abroad (also titled Shopaholic Takes Manhattan) | 2001 |
3 | Shopaholic Ties The Knot | 2001 |
4 | Shopaholic & Sister | 2004 |
5 | Shopaholic & Baby | 2007 |
6 | Mini Shopaholic | 2010 |
n° | Book Title | Year |
---|---|---|
1 | The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (also titled Confessions of a Shopaholic) | 2000 |
2 | Shopaholic Abroad (also titled Shopaholic Takes Manhattan) | 2001 |
3 | Shopaholic Ties The Knot | 2001 |
4 | Shopaholic & Sister | 2004 |
5 | Shopaholic & Baby | 2007 |
6 | Mini Shopaholic | 2010 |
Shopaholic Abroad (also titled Shopaholic Takes Manhattan)2001
Shopaholic Ties The Knot 2001
Shopaholic & Sister 2004
Shopaholic & Baby 2007
Mini Shopaholic 2010Standalone novels
- Can You Keep a Secret? (2005)
- The Undomestic Goddess (2006)
- Remember Me? (2008)
- Twenties Girl (2009)
Other
- Girls Night In (2004) (An omnibus of novels, along with "many more fabulous authors" including Meg Cabot and Jennifer Weiner)
As Madeleine Wickham
- The Tennis Party (1995)
- A Desirable Residence (1996)
- Swimming Pool Sunday (1997)
- The Gatecrasher (1998)
- The Wedding Girl (1999)
- Cocktails for Three (2000)
- Sleeping Arrangements (2001)
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Hai semua ini adalah salah satu penulis british yang sangat Lynn gemar. Lynn ada beberapa buah novel BEST SELLER hasil karya beliau. Kalau u all semua pernah menonton movie Confessions of a sopaholic adalah adaptasi dari novel ini The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic . Filem lakonan ISLA FISHER sebagai Becky Bloomwood .Banyak mesej dalam movie nie. Apapun karya beliau sangat bagus ada byk pengajaran untuk kita..ehehe ;)
I pun suka gila buku Sophie Kinsella ni.
ReplyDeleteMG ehehehe wah i ada geng lain kali leh kita share ;)
ReplyDeleteyup... skang tgh baca The Wedding Girl. Kewl!!!
ReplyDeleteeheheh bestnya buku tu tak ada lagi dalam tangan kalau ok share ya ;)
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