Kinsella lives in Dorset and London with her husband, Henry Wickham (whom she met in Oxford), who was previously headmaster of Lockers Park boys preparatory school and now manages her business affairs. Ī musical adaptation of Kinsella's novel 'Sleeping Arrangements' by Chris Burgess was premiered on 17 April 2013 in London at the Landor Theatre. In 2015, she branched into Young Adult writing with her first YA book, Finding Audrey, published in June 2015. Her most recent standalone novels are 'Love Your Life', 'I Owe You One' (Feb 2019), My Not So Perfect Life and Surprise Me. The most recent addition to the Shopaholic series, 'Shopaholic to the Rescue' was released on 22 October 2015 'Christmas Shopaholic' was released in October 2019. The first two Shopaholic books were adapted into a film and released in February 2009. The series focuses on her obsession with shopping and its resulting complications for her life. She is also known for her relationship with Luke. Kinsella is best known for writing the Shopaholic novels series of chick lit novels, which focus on the misadventures of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who cannot manage her own finances. She revealed her real identity for the first time when Can You Keep a Secret? was published in December 2003.

Wickham's first novel under the pseudonym Sophie Kinsella (taken from her middle name and her mother's maiden name) was submitted to her publishers anonymously and was enthusiastically received. She went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham: A Desirable Residence, Swimming Pool Sunday, The Gatecrasher, The Wedding Girl, Cocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements. The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten best-seller. Life and career Īt the age of 24, Kinsella wrote her first novel, which was published when she was 26. She worked as a financial journalist (including for Pensions World) before turning to fiction. She was educated at Putney High School, St Mary's School near Shaftesbury, Sherborne School for Girls, and New College, Oxford, where she initially studied Music, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics ( PPE).

Madeleine Sophie Wickham is the eldest sister of fellow writers Gemma and Abigail Townley.

Her books have sold over 40 million copies in more than 60 countries, and been translated into over 40 languages. The first two novels in her best-selling Shopaholic series, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Abroad, were adapted into the film Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009). Madeleine Sophie Wickham, known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, is an English author.

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