Eleanor Updale
| Eleanor Updale | |
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| Born | 1953 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater |
St Anne's College, Oxford Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Queen Mary, University of London |
| Notable work(s) | The Montmorency Series |
| Spouse(s) | James Naughtie |
| Children | 3 |
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www.eleanorupdale.co.uk | |
Eleanor Updale (born 1953) is the author of the Montmorency Series and Johnny Swanson. She has written four novels and some short stories, and has won several awards for her writing.
Biography
Eleanor Updale was born in 1953 and grew up in Camberwell in South London. She studied history at St Anne's College, Oxford, England before becoming a producer of television and radio current affairs programmes for the BBC. She studied at the new Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London, and was awarded a Ph.D in History in 2007. She is also a trustee of the charity Listening Books. Montmorency was her first book, and was the first in the four-book Montmorency series. Johnny Swanson, her fifth book, was published on 7 July 2011. Her most recent release, The Last Minute, was published on 3 January 2013.
She is married to broadcaster James Naughtie. She has three children.
Books
- Johnny Swanson
- The Last Minute
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