O Autorce
Madeleine Sophie Wickham (born Madeleine Sophie Townley; 12 December 1969) is an English author of chick lit who is most known for her work under the pen name Sophie Kinsella.
Madeleine Wickham was born in London. She did her schooling in Putney High School and Sherborne School for Girls. She studied music at New College, Oxford, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE). 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.
Her first novel under the pseudonym Sophie Kinsella (taken from her middle name and her mother's maiden name) was submitted to her existing publishers anonymously and was enthusiastically received. She 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 an American Becky and Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon.
Wickham lives in London with her husband, Henry Wickham (whom she met in Oxford), the headmaster of a boys' preparatory school. They have been married for 17 years and have four sons and a daughter, Freddy (b.1997), Hugo (b.1999), Oscar (b.2006), Rex William (b. April 15th, 2010) and Sybella (b. December 22, 2011). She is the sister of fellow writer, Gemma Townley.
Twórczość
Wydane u nas:
- Mam twój telefon
Miłość w stylu retro
Nie powiesz nikomu?
Noc poślubna
Pamiętasz mnie?
Pani mecenas ucieka
Spójrz mi w oczy, Audrey
Cykl "Becky Bloomwood"
- Świat marzeń zakupoholiczki, wydana również pt. Wyznania zakupoholiczki
- Zakupoholiczka za granicą
- Zakupoholiczka wychodzi za mąż
- Zakupy moja miłość, wydane również pt. Zakupoholiczka i siostra
WAŻNE!!! Reader's Digest wydało książki, które zawierają "Kodeks Samanthy", który jest skróconą wersją "Pani mecenas ucieka"!
W oryginale:
Series
Shopaholic
- The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000) aka Confessions Of A Shopaholic
- Shopaholic Abroad (2001) aka Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
- Shopaholic Ties the Knot (2002)
3.5 Shopaholic on Honeymoon (short story) - Shopaholic and Sister (2004)
- Shopaholic and Baby (2007)
- Mini Shopaholic (2010)
- Shopaholic to the Stars (2014)
- Shopaholic to the Rescue (2015)
- Christmas Shopaholic (2019)
Mummy Fairy and Me (w USA i Kanadzie cykl ma tytuł: Fairy Mom and Me)
- Mummy Fairy and Me (2018)
- Mummy Fairy and Me: Fairy-in-Waiting (2018)
- Mummy Fairy and Me: Unicorn Wishes (2019)
Mummy Fairy and Me: Mermaid Magic (2020)
Novels
- Can You Keep a Secret? (2003)
The Undomestic Goddess (2005)
Remember Me? (2008)
Twenties Girl (2009)
I've Got Your Number (2012)
Wedding Night (2013)
Finding Audrey (2015) (YA- Young Adult)
My Not So Perfect Life (2017) aka My (Not So) Perfect Life
Surprise Me (2018)
I Owe You One (2019)
Love Your Life (2020)
The Party Crasher (2021)
Novellas
- Changing People (2004) (in Girls Night in)
Six Geese A-Laying (2011)
Jako Madeleine Wickham
Novels
- The Tennis Party (1995) aka 40 Love
A Desirable Residence (1996)
Swimming Pool Sunday (1997)
The Gatecrasher (1998)
The Wedding Girl (1999)
Cocktails for Three (2000)
Sleeping Arrangements (2001)
Ciekawostki
Sophie Kinsella i Filmweb
Nagrody
- Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award Best Novel nominee (2006) : The Undomestic Goddess
Strona www:
http://www.sophiekinsella.co.uk
Matka Chrzestna: Janka