Madeleine Wickham
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Madeleine Wickham (born 12 December 1969) is a bestselling British author. Educated at New College, Oxford, she worked as a financial journalist before turning to fiction. She is best know for the popular chick-lit books she has created under the pseudonym of Sophie Kinsella. Wickham resides in London with her husband. They have three young sons; Freddy, Hugo and Oscar. Her sister, Gemma Townley is also an author.
The Shopaholic series, her most popular books, focus on the misadventures of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who cannot manage her own finances. Indeed, Becky is constantly incurring credit card debt and getting into worse and worse scrapes.
"The Undomestic Goddess" tells the story of a female lawyer who becomes a domestic servant, and gradually questions her former way of life.
In May of 2006, Kaavya Viswanathan's book "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life" was discovered to have at least three striking similarities to Kinsella's "Can you Keep a Secret".
Her new novel, "Shopaholic & Baby", will be released on February 27, 2007.
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[edit] Works credited 'Sophie Kinsella' include
Confessions of a Shopaholic (also titled The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic)
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan (also titled Shopaholic Abroad)
Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Shopaholic and Sister
Shopaholic & Baby (2007)
Can You Keep a Secret?
The Undomestic Goddess
Girls Night in (2004) (An Omnibus of novels, along with "many more fabulous authors" including Meg Cabot and Jennifer Weiner)
[edit] Works credited 'Madeleine Wickham' include
The Tennis Party (1995)
A Desirable Residence (1996)
Swimming Pool Sunday (1997)
The Gatecrasher (1998)
The Wedding Girl (1999)
Cocktails for Three (2000)
Sleeping Arrangements (2001)
