Kate Fenton
Kate Fenton | |
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| Born | 14 October 1954 |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, radio producer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
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Kate Fenton (born 14 October 1954) is an English novelist and former BBC radio producer. She lives near Whitby in Yorkshire.[1]
Background[edit]
Fenton was born in Failsworth, Lancashire, and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at St Hilda's College, Oxford (1974–77). After leaving Oxford, she worked for a short while as a researcher in the House of Commons for a Member of Parliament.[2]
From 1978 to 1985 she was at the BBC. Initially she was a researcher and later she became a features and documentary producer. She worked for BBC Radio Wales, the World Service and eventually Radio 4, based in London. Programmes with which she was involved included Pick of the Week and Woman's Hour. She completed her first novel in 1989. She has also written articles for The Daily Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday and Woman's Own magazine. Between her 2002 novel, Picking Up, and her 2020 novel, The Time of Her Life, she continued to write but took a break from publishing fiction.[1]
In 1992, Fenton married the actor Ian Carmichael.[3] They lived in North Yorkshire until his death in 2010.[4] She later remarried, to a local doctor, according to a March 2012 page on her self-penned 'katefenton.com'.[1]
Books[edit]
- The Colours of Snow (1990)[5]
- Dancing to the Pipers (1993)
- Lions & Liquorice (1995), published in the U.S. as Vanity and Vexation: a novel of Pride and Prejudice (Thomas Dunne Books, 2004)[6]
- Balancing on Air (1996)[7]
- Too Many Godmothers (2002)
- Picking Up (2002)
- The Time of Her Life (2020)[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Gordon, Maxine. ""You're never too old to find love"". York Press. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ Wilkinson, Sue (26 March 2020). "Why Kate Fenton is examining love affairs among the over-50s in new novel". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ Barker, Dennis (6 February 2010). "Ian Carmichael obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Wife touched by messages following death of Ian Carmichael". The Whitby Gazette. 11 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "The Colours of Snow". Publishers Weekly. 3 June 1991. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Kate Fenton - LIONS AND LIQUORICE". www.katefenton.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "Balancing on Air". Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Stephenson, Hannah (20 March 2020). "10 top reads for Mother's Day". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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