Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield (born 22 August 1964) is an English author whose 2006 debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, became a New York Times No. Setterfield won the 2007 Quill Award, debut author of the year, for the novel. It is written in the Gothic tradition, with echoes of Brontë sisters' Jane Eyre (1847) and Wuthering Heights (1847).
Diane Setterfield
- Name
- Diane Setterfield
- Born
- 22 August 1964
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Bristol
- Languages
- English
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Diane Setterfield (born 22 August 1964) is an English author whose 2006 debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, became a New York Times No. Setterfield won the 2007 Quill Award, debut author of the year, for the novel. It is written in the Gothic tradition, with echoes of Brontë sisters' Jane Eyre (1847) and Wuthering Heights (1847).
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Diane Setterfield (born 1964) is a novelist, romanist and writer, of British nationality. The novelist was born in Reading. Diane Setterfield was educated at University of Bristol. Languages used include English.
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The rights were acquired by David Heyman at Heyday Films and the novel was adapted for television by Christopher Hampton. Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman, and Sophie Turner, The Thirteenth Tale was televised on BBC Two in December 2013. Second novel, Bellman & Black, was published in 2013 by Emily Bestler Books/Atria in the United States and by Orion in the UK. Her third novel, Once Upon a River, was published in 2018. Before writing, Setterfield studied French literature at the University of Bristol, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1986 and a PhD in 1993. Setterfield's PhD is on "autobiographical structures in André Gide's early fiction." Setterfield taught at schools as well as privately before leaving teaching in the late 1990s. Setterfield grew up in Theale, Berkshire. She lives in Oxford, England.
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Key facts
• Name — Diane Setterfield • Born — 22 August 1964 • Occupation — Novelist • Period — 2006–present • Genre — Gothic, Suspense
Novels
Novels
• The Thirteenth Tale (2006) • Bellman & Black (2013) • Once Upon a River (2018)
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1964
Diane Setterfield born at Reading.
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• Quill Award (2007) for The Thirteenth Tale
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- 1.BEST SELLERS: October 8, 2006. The New York Times. 8 October 2006.
- 2.Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman to Star in BBC Drama 'The Thirteenth Tale'. The Hollywood Reporter.
- 3.The Thirteenth Tale.
- 4.Setterfield, Diane. Bellman & Black. Simon and Schuster. 2014-06-10. 9781476711997.
- 5.Setterfield, Diane. Diane Setterfield – Bellman & Black – Orion Publishing Group. Orion. 19 July 2018. 9781409128069.
- 6.Bristol, University of. 2006: Three graduates News University of Bristol. University of Bristol. 17 October 2006.
- 7.Profile. Diane Setterfield.
- 8.Exclusive interview with Diane Setterfield.
- 9.Greengrass, Martha. The Interview: Diane Setterfield on Once Upon a River. Waterstones. 28 January 2019.
- 10.Diane Setterfield. Simon & Schuster.
- 11.Review of Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield. Publishers Weekly. 8 October 2018.
- 12.Morton, Ellen. An enigmatic child sends a small town on a search for answers (review of Once Upon a River). The Washington Post. 5 December 2018.
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