Deborah Moggach
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University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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, a former Chair of the Society of Authors
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, and is on the executive committee of PEN
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Biography
Moggach is one of four daughters of writers, CharlotteCharlotte Hough
Charlotte Hough was the British author of a detective novel and over thirty illustrated children's books. In the 1980s she was convicted of attempted murder, and sentenced to nine months imprisonment, for assisting a suicide....
and Richard Hough
Richard Hough
Richard Alexander Hough was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.-Personal life:Hough married the author Charlotte Woodyadd, who he had met when they were pupils at Frensham Heights School, and they had five children including the author Deborah Moggach.-Literary...
. She has two adult children: Tom, a teacher, and Lottie, a journalist. Moggach was brought up in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
and London
London
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, and was educated at Queen's College, London
Queen's College, London
Queen's College is an independent school for girls aged 11–18. It is located in central London at numbers 43-49, Harley Street. Founded in 1848 by F. D. Maurice, Professor of English Literature and History at King's College London along with a committee of patrons, the College was the first...
. She has lived in Pakistan
Pakistan
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and the United States
United States
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. She graduated from the University of Bristol
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
in 1971 with a degree in English and trained as a teacher before going to work at Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
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, where she met her husband Tony, from whom she is now divorced.
For ten years, her partner was the cartoonist Mel Calman
Mel Calman
Melville Calman was a British cartoonist best known for his "little man" cartoons published in British newspapers including the Daily Express , The Sunday Telegraph , The Observer , The Sunday Times and The Times .-Biography:Calman was the youngest of the...
.http://www.lambiek.net/calman_mel.htm After his death in 1994, she lived for seven years with Hungarian painter Csaba Pasztor. She currently lives in a house overlooking Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath is a large, ancient London park, covering . This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London clay...
in North London.
Novels
- You Must Be Sisters (1978)
- Close to HomeClose to Home (novel)Close to Home, is the second novel by English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1979 by Collins. It is mentioned in the 6th edition of the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide....
(1979) - A Quiet Drink (1980)
- Hot Water Man (1982)
- Porky (1983)
- To Have and to HoldTo Have and To Hold (Moggach novel)To Have and To Hold, is a novel by English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1986 by Viking. According to The Times, "A very good novel indeed - contemporary in its subject, compassionate in its treatment of the four central characters"...
(1986) - Driving in the Dark (1988)
- Stolen (1990)
- The Stand-In (1991)
- The Ex-Wives (1993)
- SeesawSeesaw (novel)Seesaw, is a 1996 novel by English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1996 by Heinemann and recommended in OUP's Good Fiction Guide.-Plot introduction:...
(1996) - Close Relations (1997)
- Tulip Fever (1999)
- Final Demand (2001)
- These Foolish Things (2004)(will be adapted into a movie, The Best Exotic Marigold HotelThe Best Exotic Marigold HotelThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an upcoming British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden and written by Ol Parker. The film stars Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith. The plot follows the life of a group of British retirees staying in an elderly home in...
) - In the Dark (2007)
Short story collections
- Smile and Other Stories (1987)
- Changing Babies and Other Stories (1995)
- Ta for the memories (1994)
Short stories
- "Sunday in the Park with Henry" (2008, The Sunday TimesThe Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
Nov 23rd online text)
Teleplays
- To Have and to Hold (mini-series) (1986)
- Goggle Eyes (children's series) (adaptation of an Anne FineAnne FineAnne Fine, OBE FRSL is a British author best known for her children's books, of which she has written more than 50. She also writes for adults...
novel) (1993) (Won a Writers' GuildWriters' Guild of Great BritainThe Writers' Guild of Great Britain, established in 1959, is a trade union for professional writers. It is affiliated with both the Trades Union Congress and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds .-Activities:...
Award for Best Adapted TV Serial) - Seesaw (adaptation of her own novel) (1998)
- Close Relations (adaptation of her own novel) (1999)
- Love in a Cold ClimateLove in a Cold Climate (TV serial)Love in a Cold Climate is a British television serial drama produced by the BBC in association with WGBH Boston, and first broadcast in two parts on BBC One on 4 and 11 February 2001...
(adaptation of two Nancy MitfordNancy MitfordNancy Freeman-Mitford, CBE , styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Peter Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the Bright Young People on the London social scene in the inter-war years...
novels) (2001) - Final Demand (adaptation of her own novel) (2003)
- The Diary of Anne FrankThe Diary of Anne Frank (TV serial)The Diary of Anne Frank is a BBC adaptation, in association with France 2, of The Diary of a Young Girl, written by Deborah Moggach.It was shown from 5–9 January 2009 in five half-hour episodes. Representatives of the BBC have said that they "hope [that] this drama will bring Anne [Frank] alive to...
(2008)