Her work is often celebrated for its wit, wisdom and subtle characterisation, and the surprising twists and plot turns. Case Histories (2004) was described by Stephen King as 'the best mystery of the decade.' The book won the Saltire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster. She has since written several more novels, short stories and a play. The book has been adapted for radio, theatre and television. She was runner-up for the Bridport Short Story Prize in 1990 and won an Ian St James Award in 1993 for her short-story 'Karmic Mothers,' which she later adapted for BBC2 television as part of its Tartan Shorts series.Ītkinson's breakthrough was with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, which won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year award, ahead of Salman Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh and Roy Jenkins biography of William Ewart Gladstone. She initially wrote for women's magazines after winning the 1986 Woman's Own Short Story Competition.

She lived in Whitby, Yorkshire for a time, before moving to Edinburgh, where she taught at Dundee University and began writing short stories. During her final year of this course, she was married for the first time, although the marriage lasted only two years.Īfter leaving the university, she took on a variety of miscellaneous jobs from home help to legal secretary and teacher. She subsequently studied for a doctorate in American Literature which she failed at the viva stage.

Kate Atkinson was born in York, and studied English Literature at the University of Dundee, gaining her Masters Degree in 1974. Currently-lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.Saltire Book of the Year Award Prix Westminster Awards-Whitbread Award Woman's Own Short Story Award Ian St.Dog in tow, Jackson is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed goes unpunished. Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective of novels such as Case Histories, is embarking on a different sort of rescue-that of an abused dog. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge. Both appear miserable and better off without each other-or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective-a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town.

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