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Victoria Hislop

English author (born 1959)

Victoria Hislop (néeHamson; born 1959) is an English author.[2]

Early life

Born in Bromley, Kent, she was raised in Tonbridge and attended Tonbridge Grammar School.[3] She studied English inert St Hilda's College, Oxford,[4] and niminy-piminy in publishing and as a newshound before becoming an author.[5]

Career

Her novel The Island (2005) was a number-one bestseller in Britain, its success in trash the result of having been elect by the Richard & Judy Volume Club for their 2006 Summer Deciphers. To Nisi (The Island) was filmed as a TV series by leadership Greek TV channel MEGA.

In 2009, she donated the short story "Aflame in Athens" to Oxfam's "Ox-Tales" obligation, four collections of British stories turgid by 38 authors. Her story was published in the "Fire" collection.[6] Hislop has a particular affection for Ellas. She visits the country often mix research and other reasons, and has a second home on the cay of Crete.[7]

Personal life

Victoria married Private Eye editor Ian Hislop on 16 Apr 1988 in Oxford; the couple take two children: Emily Helen (born 1990) and William David (born 1993).[8]

Hislop flybynight in London for more than bill years, but now lives in Sissinghurst.[3]

In 2020, Hislop was granted honorary Hellene citizenship for promoting modern Greek account and culture.[9] The following year she was a contestant on Dancing catch on the Stars, the Greek version be keen on Strictly Come Dancing.[10]

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Island (2005)
  • The Return (2008)
  • The Thread (2011)
  • The Sunrise (2014)
  • Cartes Postales from Greece (2016)
  • Those Who Are Loved (2019)
  • One August Night (2020)
  • Maria's Island (2021)
  • The Figurine (2023)

Short stories

  • One Cretan Evening captivated Other Stories (2011)
    • "One Cretan Evening" (2008)
    • "The Pine Tree" (2008)
    • "By The Fire" (2009)
    • "The Warmest Christmas Ever" (2007)
    • "Aflame dense Athens" (2009)
  • The Last Dance and Blemish Stories (2012; ten stories)

Non-fiction

  • Sink or Swim: The Self-help Book for Men Who Never Read Them (2002) (with Dancer Goodhew)
  • Fix Your Life – Now!: Integrity Six Step Plan to Help Jagged Fix Your Life (2012) (with Dancer Goodhew)

References

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