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Kate Atkinson, MBE (Orden del Imperio Británico), (n. 1951) es una escritora británica. Biografía Hija única de una pareja de comerciantes, Atkinson nació en York, Inglaterra en 1951. Asistió a la Queen Anne Grammar School, una escuela exclusiva para niñas.[1]​[2]​ Estudió literatura inglesa en la Universidad de Dundee, de donde egresó en 1974.[3]​ Allí conoció a su primer marido, con quien tuvo una hija.[2]​ Luego de que su doctorado fuera rechazado, y como madre soltera, dio clases y tuvo varios trabajos.[2]​ En 1981 comenzó a escribir ficción, y tras ganar un concurso sobre cuentos para mujeres, a escribir en revistas femeninas en 1986.[3]​ Atkinson estuvo casada dos veces y tiene dos hijas, Eve y Helen.[1]​ Vive en Edimburgo, cerca de sus colegas J.K. Rowling, Ian Rankin y Alexander McCall Smith.[4]​ En 2011 le fue concedida la Orden del Imperio Británico por sus contribuciones a la literatura.[5]​ Obras Novelas Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Entre bastidores, 1995) Human Croquet (1997) Emotionally Weird (2000) Life After Life (Una y otra vez, 2013) Un dios en ruinas (2015)[6]​ Inspector Jackson Brodie Case Histories (Expedientes, 2004) One Good Turn (Incidentes, 2006) When Will There Be Good News? (Esperando noticias, 2008) Started Early, Took My Dog (Me desperté temprano y saqué al perro, 2010) Big Sky (Cielo interminable, 2019) Cuentos Not the End of the World (2002) Referencias. Descubre los libros populares de Kate Atkinson. Encuentra los 100 libros más populares de Kate Atkinson

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Best Seller Kate Atkinson Libros de 2024

  • Leave the Girls Behind sinopsis y comentarios

    Leave the Girls Behind

    Jacqueline Bublitz

    You can run from your past, but not from the girls left behind.Nineteen years ago, RuthAnne Baker's childhood friend was murdered by suspected serial killer Ethan Oswald. Since tha...

  • The Strawberry Thief sinopsis y comentarios

    The Strawberry Thief

    Joanne Harris

    DISAPPEAR INTO THE WORLD OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING CHOCOLAT . . . 'So wise, so atmospheric, so beautifully written' Marian Keyes'The most magical, stunningly beautiful novel'...

  • Inge & Mira sinopsis y comentarios

    Inge & Mira

    Marianne Fredriksson

    'Themes of motherhood, lost identity and the past have resonance and relevance ... The tremulous, delicate process of friendship is beautifully handled' SUNDAY TIMES'A poignant, be...

  • Transient Desires sinopsis y comentarios

    Transient Desires

    Donna Leon

    Chosen as Star Pick in the Sunday Times Crime Club Chosen as a 'Best New Crime Novel' in the Sunday Times'The series that has shadowed Brunetti for three decades is an epic achieve...

  • The Orange Girl sinopsis y comentarios

    The Orange Girl

    Jostein Gaarder

    From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a modern fairy tale with a philosophical twist.'It should be read by all' VOGUE'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never th...

  • Notes on an Execution sinopsis y comentarios

    Notes on an Execution

    Danya Kukafka

    'THRILLING' Paula Hawkins'COMPULSIVE' The Times'SEARING' Brit Bennett'DEVASTATING' Observer'UNFORGETTABLE' Ashley Audrain'BRILLIANT' Chris WhitakerAnsel Packer is scheduled to die ...

  • A God in Ruins: A Novel by Kate Atkinson Conversation Starters sinopsis y comentarios

    A God in Ruins: A Novel by Kate Atkinson Conversation Starters

    Daily Books

    A God in Ruins: A Novel by Kate Atkinson  Conversation Starters A Brief Look Inside:    EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. T...

  • Fall From Grace sinopsis y comentarios

    Fall From Grace

    Tim Weaver

    FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY THRILLER PICK NO ONE HOME'THRILLING' RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUBEleanor's new life in the seclusion of Dartmoor is shattered when...

  • Women Talking Dirty sinopsis y comentarios

    Women Talking Dirty

    Isla Dewar

    Ellen Quinn kept her sanity in the suffocating Edinburgh suburb where she grew up by imagining it was a hotbed of intrigue. A neglected child, she's still looking for love as an ad...

  • The House on Vesper Sands sinopsis y comentarios

    The House on Vesper Sands

    Paraic O’Donnell

    'Tremendously good' Observer'The most vivid and compelling portrait of late Victorian London since The Crimson Petal and the White' Sarah Perry'Part Wilkie Collins, part Conan Doyl...

  • The New Confessions sinopsis y comentarios

    The New Confessions

    William Boyd

    William Boyd's new novel, The Romantic, is available to preorder now'Brilliant. A Citizen Kane of a novel' Daily TelegraphMeet John James Todd:Scotsman, auteur, Rousseaufanatic an...

  • The Garden Of The Villa Mollini sinopsis y comentarios

    The Garden Of The Villa Mollini

    Rose Tremain

    From the author of The Gustav SonataA stunning collection of stories: widereaching in subject and setting, each beautifully evoked and brilliantly imagined. Renowned opera singer A...

  • Broken Heart sinopsis y comentarios

    Broken Heart

    Tim Weaver

    FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY THRILLER PICK NO ONE HOMELONGLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD Lynda drives to a secluded b...

  • The Girl Next Door sinopsis y comentarios

    The Girl Next Door

    Ruth Rendell

    In all her novels, multimillion copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell digs deep beneath the surface to investigate the secrets of the human psyche and The Girl Next...

  • Our Endless Numbered Days sinopsis y comentarios

    Our Endless Numbered Days

    Claire Fuller

    WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZEAn imaginative, mysterious modern fairytale from the Women's Prizeshortlisted author of Unsettled Ground1976: Peggy Hillcoat is eight. She spends...

  • Paris Echo sinopsis y comentarios

    Paris Echo

    Sebastian Faulks

    American academic Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both find themselves haunted by the ghosts of Paris.'Superb... Weaves winningly between the ...

  • The Most Fun We Ever Had sinopsis y comentarios

    The Most Fun We Ever Had

    Claire Lombardo

    APRIL 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne ...

  • High Fidelity sinopsis y comentarios

    High Fidelity

    Nick Hornby

    THE MILLIONCOPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER & SOURCE OF THE 2020 HULU SERIES'One of my favourite novels' Zoë Kravitz in Vulture Do you know your desertisland, alltime, top five mo...

  • The Garden of Lost and Found sinopsis y comentarios

    The Garden of Lost and Found

    Harriet Evans

    Don't miss the STUNNING new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Harriet Evans THE BELOVED GIRLS is available to buy now!'Spellbinding' Independent'My top book of 2019' DI...

  • The Good Liar sinopsis y comentarios

    The Good Liar

    Nicholas Searle

    A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELEN MIRREN AND IAN MCKELLENThis is a life told back to front.This is a man who has lied all his life.Roy is a conman living i...

  • A Bitter Taste sinopsis y comentarios

    A Bitter Taste

    Annie Hauxwell

    She was ten years old, but knew enough to wipe clean the handle of the bloody kitchen knife. The night was stifling; the windows were closed, sealing in the chaos. A table upturned...

  • Labyrinth sinopsis y comentarios

    Labyrinth

    Kate Mosse

    Three secrets. Two women. One Grail . . . 10th Anniversary Edition of the spellbinding No. 1 bestselling novel from the author of THE CITY OF TEARSJuly 1209: in Carcassonne a 17yea...

  • The Calling sinopsis y comentarios

    The Calling

    Inger Ash Wolfe

    ‘That rare unplugthephone, skipallmeals, ignoreyourbedtime thriller.’ GILLIAN FLYNNDetective Inspector Hazel Micallef is making her way towards retirement after keeping the peace i...

  • Replay sinopsis y comentarios

    Replay

    Ken Grimwood

    At fortythree Jeff Winston is tired of his lowpaid, unrewarding job, tired of the long silences at the breakfast table with his wife, saddened by the thought of no children to comf...

  • A Bird in Winter sinopsis y comentarios

    A Bird in Winter

    Louise Doughty

    OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD'Psychologically acute. Terrific.' Daily Mail'A pageturning read. Kept me reading well past bedtime!' VAL McDERMID 'Pacey and prop...

  • Shy Creatures sinopsis y comentarios

    Shy Creatures

    Clare Chambers

    PREORDER SHY CREATURES: the masterful new novel from Clare Chambers about love, family and the joy of freedomComing August 2024In all failed relationships there is a point that pas...

  • The Hunter sinopsis y comentarios

    The Hunter

    Tana French

    'A richly told tale of tangled loyalties. French ratchets up the tension in increments . . . By the end, these characters have taken on such solidity that, long after finishing it,...

  • The Heart Is a Burial Ground sinopsis y comentarios

    The Heart Is a Burial Ground

    Tamara Colchester

    'There is an addictive pungency to this exotic tale of lives lived loudly' Sunday Times 'The remarkable life of Caresse Crosby, now retold by her greatgranddaughter' Observer A viv...

  • You have a friend in 10A sinopsis y comentarios

    You have a friend in 10A

    Maggie Shipstead

    BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZESHORTLISTED GREAT CIRCLE'The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier's most unsettling short f...

  • The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August sinopsis y comentarios

    The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

    Claire North

    'ONE OF THE FICTION HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DECADE' Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book ClubFeatured in the Richard and Judy Book Club, the BBC Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Boo...

  • Transform Your Body With Weights sinopsis y comentarios

    Transform Your Body With Weights

    Chloe Madeley

    Have you ever wanted to add weights into your exercise routine but not known where to start? Or perhaps you already lift weights but want to know how to achieve a different aesthet...

  • Trio sinopsis y comentarios

    Trio

    William Boyd

    William Boyd's new novel, The Romantic, is available to preorder now'An elating read' Sunday TimesA producer. A novelist. An actress.It is summer in 1968, the year of the assassina...

  • The Hare With Amber Eyes (Enhanced Edition) sinopsis y comentarios

    The Hare With Amber Eyes (Enhanced Edition)

    Edmund de Waal

    The definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller with gorgeous new photography of the celebrated netsuke collection, and sumptuous fullcolour images handpicked by...

  • The House of Sleep sinopsis y comentarios

    The House of Sleep

    Jonathan Coe

    The House of Sleep Jonathan Coe's comic tale of love and obsessionSarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has his life changed for...

  • The Long Song sinopsis y comentarios

    The Long Song

    Andrea Levy

    Now a major BBC TV drama, starring Tamara Lawrance, Lenny Henry and Hayley Atwell.A Sunday Times bestseller (2011), shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Long Song by Andrea Le...

  • Summary of A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson sinopsis y comentarios

    Summary of A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

    Instaread

    Summary of A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson   Preview: A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson is a novel set primarily in England that is about the horrors of war, the joys and challe...

  • Killers of the Flower Moon sinopsis y comentarios

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    David Grann

    WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NONFICTION SO...

  • King Solomon's Mines sinopsis y comentarios

    King Solomon's Mines

    H. Rider Haggard & Robert Hampson

    Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible danger...

  • The Bhagavad Gita sinopsis y comentarios

    The Bhagavad Gita

    Juan Mascaro

    The Bhagavad Gita is an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry. It describes how, at the beg...

  • Animals In War sinopsis y comentarios

    Animals In War

    Jilly Cooper OBE

    Pigeons carrying vital messages to and from the beleaguered city during the Siege of Paris; horses and mules struggling through miles of fetid mud to bring ammunition to the front ...

  • A God in Ruins: A Novel by Kate Atkinson (Trivia-On-Books) sinopsis y comentarios

    A God in Ruins: A Novel by Kate Atkinson (Trivia-On-Books)

    Trivia-On-Books

    Don’t miss this edition of A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson (TriviaOnBooks) You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may...

  • The Wych Elm sinopsis y comentarios

    The Wych Elm

    Tana French

    From the writer whose novels inspired the BBC's Dublin Murders TV series... 'One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartt's The Secret History' THE TIMES 'A...

  • All the Devils Are Here sinopsis y comentarios

    All the Devils Are Here

    Louise Penny

    WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD FOR BEST MYSTERY NOVEL 2021'Makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes' THE TIMES'Altogether extraordinary' WASHINGTON POST There is more to solvi...

  • The House of Special Purpose sinopsis y comentarios

    The House of Special Purpose

    John Boyne

    From the bestselling author of The Heart's Invisible FuriesRussia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer's son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for a senior...

  • Of Love and Other Demons sinopsis y comentarios

    Of Love and Other Demons

    Gabriel García Márquez

    Nobel Prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez blends the natural with supernatural in Of Love and Other Dem...

  • The Stranger's Companion sinopsis y comentarios

    The Stranger's Companion

    Mary Horlock

    'A stunning setting, a compelling mystery and such a wonderful, distinctive cast of characters. The narrative voice is brilliantly original and I thoroughly enjoyed the wit and spa...

  • Transcription: A Novel by Kate Atkinson: Conversation Starters sinopsis y comentarios

    Transcription: A Novel by Kate Atkinson: Conversation Starters

    Daily Books

    Transcription: A Novel by Kate Atkinson: Conversation Starters In the 1940s, women clandestinely worked to transcribe five thousand recordings every week at the BBC's basement room...

  • When God Was a Rabbit sinopsis y comentarios

    When God Was a Rabbit

    Sarah Winman

    WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT is an incredibly exciting debut from an extraordinary new voice in fiction. Spanning four decades, from 1968 onwards, this is the story of a fabulous but flaw...

  • Small Pleasures sinopsis y comentarios

    Small Pleasures

    Clare Chambers

    PreOrder SHY CREATURES: the unforgettable new novel about love, family and freedom from awardwinning author of SMALL PLEASURES, Clare ChambersCOMING AUGUST 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE W...

  • Exit sinopsis y comentarios

    Exit

    Belinda Bauer

    Perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, this is the pageturning, twisty, and often hilarious new crime novel from bestselling author Belinda Bauer.A Sunday Ti...