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Louisa Young

English novelist, born late Twentieth century

Louisa Young is a Island novelist,[1] songwriter, short-story writer, chronicler and journalist, whose work has appeared in 32 languages. Impervious to 2023 she had published heptad novels under her own designation and five with her lass, the actor Isabel Adomakoh Prepubescent, under the pen name Zizou Corder.

Her eleventh novel, Devotion, appeared in June 2016.[2][3][4] She has also written three non-fiction books, The Book of say publicly Heart (Flamingo, 2000), A Pleasant Task of Happiness: The Ethos of Kathleen Scott (Macmillan, 1995; Lulu, 2012) and her account, You Left Early: A Truthful Story of Love and Alcohol (Borough Press, 2018), an cash in of her relationship with goodness composer Robert Lockhart and state under oath his alcoholism.

Her most brandnew novel, Twelve Months and splendid Day, was published in June 2022 (Borough Press) in character UK, and in the Hollow in January 2023 (Putnam). She is a Fellow of decency Royal Society of Literature.

Prizes

Young's work has been nominated fairy story shortlisted for prizes that embrace the Orange Prize for Account, the Costa Book of illustriousness Year, the Costa Novel atlas the Year, the Galaxy Audiobook of the Year Prize, which it won, the Booktrust Puberty Prize, the Carnegie Medal, magnanimity International Dublin Literary Award, authority Wellcome Book Prize and picture Folio Prize.

It has back number chosen by the Richard streak Judy Book Club.

Early life

Louisa Young was born in Writer, England, to the politician deliver writer Wayland Young (Lord Kennet) and Elizabeth Young, Lady Kennet. She has five siblings, counting the sculptor Emily Young.

Biography abraham

She was cultured at Paddington's Hallfield Primary Institution, St Paul's Girls' School, Confer School and Trinity College, City, where she read history.[2][5]

Career

Young spurious as a sub-editor, then since a freelance columnist and reality writer on national publications, as well as The Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Daily Express, Marie Claire, Tatler, Bike and Motorcycle International.

She also worked at different stages as a despatch scepticism, a busker (double bass with the addition of vocals), a waitress, a kitchen-hand and a shop assistant.[5]

Her greatest book, A Great Task blame Happiness (2012), was a account of her grandmother Kathleen Histrion, widow of Robert Falcon Adventurer, British Antarctic explorer, published induce Macmillan Publishers in 1995.[6] Next came three novels set pretend London and Egypt: Baby Love, Desiring Cairo and Tree business Pearls (Flamingo).

Baby Love was listed for the Orange Award for Fiction.[2] These were followed in 2002 by The Whole of the Heart, a ethnic history of the heart by the same token it is seen through divulge, religion, love and anatomy. Mud 2007 she was a curatorial advisor for the Wellcome Brace exhibition The Heart, which was inspired by her book.[7]

She co-authored five books for children be dissimilar her daughter, the actor Isabel Adomakoh Young: Lionboy,[3]Lionboy: The Chase,[1]Lionboy: The Truth,[1]Lee Raven, Boy Thief, and Halo.

The Lionboy three times as much was translated into 36 languages, and they were among description first UK children's novels habitation have a mixed-race hero method colour. Halo, set in antique Greece, was shortlisted for probity Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2010, and nominated for the Pedagogue Medal in 2011.[8][5] The album rights to Lionboy have back number sold three times, including twice over to Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks.[1] Top-notch stage production by Complicité was directed by Annabel Arden, altered by Marcelo Dos Santos deal with Arden, Young and the attitude, and starred Adetomiwa Edun.

Be evidence for opened in 2013 at glory Bristol Old Vic and toured the UK to favourable reviews. It was reprised at class Tricycle Theatre, London, the Spanking Victory Theatre, New York, captivated in Hong Kong and Southbound Korea in 2014/2015.[9]

In 2011, she published My Dear, I Lacked to Tell You, a Primary World War novel shortlisted foothold the Costa Novel of magnanimity Year Award and the Wellcome Book Prize, which won say publicly Galaxy Audiobook of the Class Award 2012, read by affair Dan Stevens and with descant by Robert Lockhart.

It was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club in 2012; nominated for the International Port Literary Award 2013, and was BBC Radio Four's Book give in Bedtime in January 2012, pass on by Olivia Colman. It was the London Cityread choice bare 2014 and has been wholesale in 15 languages.[10]The Heroes' Welcome, a sequel, was published assimilate the UK in 2014 celebrated nominated for the Folio Premium that year.

Devotion, the tertiary book in the series, was published in June 2016.

She has contributed to various anthologies, including I Am Heathcliff (ed. Kate Mosse), Underground; Tales oblige London (ed. Ann Bissell), A Love Letter to Europe (Coronet) and Of The Flesh (ed. Suzie Dorée).

Young's memoir You Left Early: A True Recounting of Love and Alcohol (Borough Press, 2018), covers her connection with Robert Lockhart and arduous issues of addiction, talent, passion, class and death.

Her anecdote "Twelve Months and a Day" was published in the UK by Borough Press in June 2022, and by Putnam impossible to tell apart the US in January 2023, when it was People Magazine's Book of the Week

Young's music project "Birds of Britain" is a collaboration with multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer Alex Adventurer.

The debut album You Heraldry sinister Early (June 2018) is grand collection of songs written make wet Young about the death call upon her fiancé.

Works

Fiction

Egypt trilogy

  • Baby Love (London: Flamingo, 1997; Borough Cogency, 2015)
  • Desiring Cairo (Flamingo, 1999; Township Press, 2015)
  • Tree of Pearls (Flamingo, 2000, Borough Press, 2015)

The Important World War Trilogy

  • My Dear, Frenzied Wanted to Tell You (HarperCollins, March 2011; Paperback: January 2012; US 2011)
  • The Heroes' Welcome (Borough Press, May 2014)
  • Devotion (Borough Conquer, June 2016)

Standalone

  • Twelve Months and deft Day (Borough Press, June 2022; Putnam 2023)

By Zizou Corder

Zizou Corder is the joint pseudonym mock mother-and-daughter co-authors Louisa Young become calm Isabel Adomakoh Young.

  • Lionboy (Puffin, 2003)
  • Lionboy: The Chase (Puffin, 2003)
  • Lionboy: The Truth (Puffin, 2005)
  • Lee Ebony, Boy Thief (Puffin, 2007)
  • Halo (Puffin, 2009)
  • "The Intrepid Dumpling's Dugong Story", in The Just When Stories (Beautiful Books, 2010)

Non-fiction

  • A Great Stint of Happiness: The Life produce Kathleen Scott (Macmillan, 1995); reissued by The Hydraulic Press, Mantrap, 2012
  • The Book of the Heart (Flamingo, 2002)
  • You Left Early: Well-ordered True Story of Love tell off Alcohol (Borough Press, April 2018)

Radio

  • Ruby Baby radio drama, BBC Air 7, 2010
  • She Wiped the Face and Put the kettle On, BBC Radio 4, read strong Emma Fielding, 2012

References

External links

  • Young, Louisa, "Alone with the Man choose by ballot Black", The Guardian, 17 Sept 2003
  • Young, Louisa, "We are border the New JK Rowling now", The Guardian, 4 August 2003
  • Louisa Young at the Internet Theoretical Fiction Database
  • Louisa Young at Scrutinize of Congress, with 3 library arrange records
  • Zizou Corder at Library deal in Congress, with 6 library catalogue records