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Sophie Kinsella

Né(e): December 12, 1969 – London, England, United Kingdom

Sophie Kinsella is a British novelist known for humorous contemporary women’s fiction centered on consumer culture, relationships, and identity. She is best known for the Shopaholic series, especially Confessions of a Shopaholic, and novels such as Can You Keep a Secret? Her internationally bestselling books have been widely translated and adapted for film.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Sophie Kinsella, the pen name of Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was born in London in 1969, one of three daughters of teachers. A gifted pianist and violinist, she went to New College, Oxford, intending to study music, then changed course after a year and completed a degree in philosophy, politics and economics. Writing was not, by her own later account, a fixed childhood ambition. The decisive early turn came after university, when she worked as a financial journalist and began to see how the rhythms, anxieties, and absurdities of modern working life could be transformed into fiction. ((https://apnews.com/article/1f6876080ef8b2e020cd06e903be3944?utm_source=openai))

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If I'm the Queen of Overreaction, Mum is the Empress
-Finding Audrey
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I can feel his eyes on me all the time. Like sunshine
-Finding Audrey
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Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it
-Mini Shopaholic
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Never give up on something you really want. However impossible things seem, there's always a way
-Mini Shopaholic
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Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be
-Shopaholic and Baby
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If Muhammad won't come to the mountain, the mountain has to cancel all his plans and get on a plane
-Wedding Night
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You fall in and out of love, but when you really love someone...it's forever
-Wedding Night
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One thing: I can damn well wear lipstick
-Wedding Night

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"Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter"

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"Sophie Kinsella had a special talent for characters who persevered through the most embarrassing mishaps"

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"Sophie Kinsella is such a genius"

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"Kinsella has a genuine gift for comic writing"

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"Kinsella has a light touch and puckish humor"

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"Take the caustic wit of Gillian Flynn and the comedy of manners of Edith Wharton, add a British accent—that’s Sophie Kinsella"

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"Sophie Kinsella has made a career writing bubbly, likable protagonists who are a smidgen obsessive"

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"Kinsella proves once again that it’s less about the predictable ending and more about the rollicking ride"

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