Eleanor Updale
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Eleanor Updale is the author of the Montmorency Series. She has written four novels and some short stories, and has won several awards for her writing.
. 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 2007. She is also a trustee of the charity Listening Books.
Montmorency
was her first book.
She is married to broadcaster James Naughtie
.
Biography
Eleanor Updale was born in 1953 and grew up in South LondonSouth London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
. She studied history at St. Anne's College, Oxford, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
before becoming a producer of television and radio current affairs programmes for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. She studied at the new Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, and was awarded a Ph.D in 2007. She is also a trustee of the charity Listening Books.
Montmorency
Montmorency (novel)
Montmorency is the first book in the Montmorency Series by Eleanor Updale. It introduces several major characters such as Montmorency, George Fox-Selwyn and Dr. Robert Farcett.-Plot summary:...
was her first book.
She is married to broadcaster James Naughtie
James Naughtie
James Naughtie is a British radio presenter and radio news presenter for the BBC. Since 1994 he has been one of the main presenters of Radio 4's Today programme.- Biography :...
.