Deborah Moggach

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Biography

Deborah Moggach was born in 1948 and studied English at Bristol University. She undertook a variety of jobs, including working for the Oxford University Press, and trained as a teacher, before becoming a writer in the 1970s. She lived in Pakistan for 2 years where she wrote articles for Pakistani newspapers, and her first two novels, You Must be Sisters (1978) and Close to Home (1979), both autobiographical.

She has since written a number of further novels, including Hot Water Man (1982), set in Karachi; The Stand-In (1991), a thriller; and historical novels Tulip Fever (1999) and In the Dark (2007), set in 1916. She is also the author of two collections of short stories: Smile and other stories (1987); and Changing Babies and other stories (1995); and a stage play, Double Take. Several of her books incorporate the theme of loss of childhood, including Porky (1983), about incest; and Seesaw (1996), Stolen (1990), and To Have and To Hold (1986), all of which she has adapted herself for television. Her novels Final Demand (2001) and These Foolish Things (2004) have similarly become television dramas, and she has also written television adaptations of Love in a Cold Climate and of Anne Fine's Goggle-Eyes.

Deborah Moggach also writes filmscripts, most recently for Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley. Her latest work is an adaptation of The Diary of Ann Frank for BBC 1, to be filmed in five episodes starring Ellie Kendrick.

Deborah Moggach has been Chair of the Society of Authors, worked for PEN's Executive Committee and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Fiction, Screenplay

Bibliography

You Must Be Sisters   Collins, 1978

Close to Home   Collins, 1979

A Quiet Drink   Collins, 1980

Hot Water Man   Cape, 1982

Porky   Cape, 1983

To Have and to Hold   Penguin, 1986

Smile and other stories   Viking, 1987

Driving in the Dark   Heinemann, 1988

Stolen   Heinemann, 1990

The Stand-In   Heinemann, 1991

The Ex-Wives   Heinemann, 1993

Changing Babies and other stories   Heinemann, 1995

Seesaw   Heinemann, 1996

Close Relations   Heinemann, 1997

Tulip Fever   Heinemann, 1999

Final Demand   Heinemann, 2001

These Foolish Things   Chatto & Windus, 2004

In The Dark   Chatto & Windus, 2007

Read about books by Deborah Moggach at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Deborah Moggach at Amazon.co.uk

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Prizes and awards

1993   Writers' Guild Award (Best Dramatised Serial)   Goggle-Eyes

2005   Washington Area Film Critics Association (US)   (shortlist)   Pride and Prejudice

2006   BAFTA (Best Adapted Screenplay)   (shortlist)   Pride and Prejudice

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Further reading on this site

New authors on site December 2008
New authors on the Contemporary Writers website December 2008: Simonetta Wenkert Deborah Moggach Catherine Johnson Keith Gray Kevin Brooks Andrew Hussey more...   (06/01/2009)

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Chatto & Windus c/o Random House Group Ltd 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road London  SW1V 2SA England Tel: +44 (0)20 7840 8540 Fax: +44 (0)20 7932 0077 E-mail: chattopublicity@randomhouse.co.uk http://www.randomhouse.co.uk

Agent Curtis Brown Group Ltd Haymarket House 28-29 Haymarket London  SW1Y 4SP England Tel: +44 (0)20 7393 4400 Fax: +44 (0)20 7393 4401 E-mail: info@curtisbrown.co.uk http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk

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Related links

http:/ / www.deborahmoggach.com

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