Louise Doughty: A Life in Writing

Ahead of the publication of her memoir later this year, Louise Doughty joins us  to discuss her hugely successful and varied writing life. From internationally bestselling, provocative novels that transcend genre stereotypes and have become successful TV dramas, to writing for the screen. Louise will be in conversation with the award-winning writer and University of Leicester Creative Writing Professor, Kit de Waal.

Louise Doughty is the author of ten novels, most recently A Bird in Winter. Her previous books include Platform Seven, filmed for ITVX; Black Water, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; the bestseller Apple Tree Yard, adapted as a hit mini-series for BBC One; and Whatever You Love, nominated for the Costa Novel Award and the Women’s Prize for fiction. She has been nominated for many other prizes including the Sunday Times Short Story Prize and the CWA Silver Dagger, along with creating and writing the hit BBC drama Crossfire. Her work has been translated into thirty languages. In August, she will publish her first memoir, On This Spot Fell One Tear of Love, about her parents' love affair in the East Midlands of the 1950s.

Photo credit: Max Kennedy

https://www.louisedoughty.com/

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