Louise Doughty

Her weekly column for The Daily Telegraph was published as A Novel in a Year in 2007. Doughty was the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme A Good Read in 1998 to 2001.

Louise Doughty studied at University of Leeds, University of East Anglia and Oakham School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is journalism, prose and literary criticism. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Positions recorded include Booker Prize judge. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

• Name — Louise Doughty • Honorific Suffix — FRSL • Born — 4 September 1963 • Birthplace — Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England • Education — Leeds University University of East Anglia • Occupation — Novelist, screenwriter, playwright, journalist • Genre — Thriller • Website — http: www.louisedoughty.com

Doughty was born on 4 September 1963 in Melton Mowbray and grew up in Oakham, Rutland. She attended Oakham School and is an alumna of Leeds University and of the University of East Anglia. She has lectured and contributed on creative writing in several countries of the world. She is the author of nine novels, five plays for radio and a TV mini-series. In 2013, her seventh novel entitled Apple Tree Yard, was published and became a number one bestseller, selling over half a million copies in the UK alone. It has also been translated in thirty territories worldwide. A four-part television adaptation of the same name was broadcast on BBC One in January 2017. The series, which starred Emily Watson in the lead role and adapted by Amanda Coe, received widespread critical acclaim and consolidated viewing figures of 7 million per episode, making it the most-viewed new BBC drama at that time since The Night Manager. Her most recent book, Platform Seven (2019), was adapted as a four-part drama, by Paula Milne, with Dancing Ledge Productions for ITV in 2023. Her third novel, Honey-Dew, is under option with Chapter One pictures and she is working on a series outline. In her first original drama for television, Doughty wrote the three-part thriller Crossfire, about a gun attack on a holiday resort, made by Dancing Ledge Productions for BBC One. It stars Keeley Hawes and was broadcast on 20, 21 and 22 September 2022. She is also an executive producer on the series. Doughty now lives in London.

• 1995. Crazy Paving. Simon & Schuster Ltd. • 1996. Dance with Me (1996). Simon & Schuster Ltd. • 1998. Honey-Dew. Simon & Schuster Ltd. • 2003. Fires in the Dark. Simon & Schuster Ltd. • 2006. Stone Cradle. Simon & Schuster Ltd. • 2010. Whatever You Love. Faber and Faber. • 2013. Apple Tree Yard. Faber and Faber. • 2016. Black Water. Faber and Faber. • 2019. Platform Seven. Faber and Faber. • 2023. A Bird in Winter. Faber and Faber.

• 2007. A Novel in a Year. Simon & Schuster Ltd. • 2026. On This Spot Fell One Tear of Love. Phoenix.

• Year — Title — Writer — Executive Producer — Creator — Notes • 2017 — Apple Tree Yard — Associate producer • 2022 — Crossfire • 2023 — Platform Seven

• Year — Title — Broadcaster — Notes • 1991 — Maybe — BBC Radio 3 — Winner of a Radio Times Drama Award • 1994 — The Koala Bear Joke — BBC Radio 4 • 1998 — Nightworkers — BBC Radio 4 • 2004 — Geronimo! — BBC Radio 4 • 2006 — The Withered Arm — BBC Radio 4 — An adaptation of a story by Thomas Hardy

Louise Doughty worked in journalism, prose, literary criticism, theatre criticism and creative writing. Recorded position is Booker Prize judge. She worked at London.