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Agent: Judith Murray
Sarah Waters was born in Wales in 1966. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature and has been an associate lecturer with the Open University. Her five novels are: TIPPING THE VELVET (1998), AFFINITY (1999), FINGERSMITH (2002), THE NIGHT WATCH (2006) and THE LITTLE STRANGER (2009). FINGERSMITH, THE NIGHT WATCH and THE LITTLE STRANGER were all short-listed for the Man Booker Prize; FINGERSMITH and THE NIGHT WATCH were also shortlisted for the Orange Prize. AFFINITY won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Award. Sarah was included in Granta’s prestigious list of ‘Best of Young British Novelists 2003’, was voted Author of the Year in 2003 by both publishers and booksellers at the British Book Awards and the BA Conference, and won the Waterstone's Author of the Year Award 2003.
TIPPING THE VELVET, FINGERSMITH and THE NIGHT WATCH have all been adapted for BBC television. The adaptation of FINGERSMITH was nominated for a BAFTA. AFFINITY has been adapted for ITV by Box Productions. THE LITTLE STRANGER has been optioned for film by Potboiler Productions.
Sarah's recent events include introducing the screening of the adaptations of her novels TIPPING THE VELVET and AFFINITY, in Greece, at the Outview International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival: www.outview.gr
‘One of the best storytellers alive today.’ -- Matt Thorne, Independent on Sunday
Check out Sarah's website http://www.sarahwaters.com/
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