Charlotte Jane Mendelson (born 1 November 1972) is an English novelist and editor. She was placed 60th on the

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''Pink List 2007''.

Biography

Charlotte Mendelson was born on 1 November 1972 in London, the daughter of a barrister, Maurice Harvey Mendelson. Mendelson's family moved to

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when she was two, where her father taught at

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. She attended Oxford High School and

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where she received a BA in Ancient and Modern History. She was an editor at

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in 1996–1997 and at the

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in 1998–2014. Mendelson has been a visiting professor of creative writing at

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since 2017 and a gardening correspondent at the ''

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'' since the same year. She became a

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in 2018.

Bibliography

*''Love in Idleness'' (2001) *''Daughters of Jerusalem'' (2003) *'' When We Were Bad'' (2007) *''Almost English'' (2013) *''Rhapsody In Green'' (2016) *'' The Exhibitionist'' (2022) *''Wife'' (2024)

Awards and nominations

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize was a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by an author from the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written in English and publis ...

Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. Set up by William Somerset Maugham in 1947 the awards enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The awa ...

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Young Writer of the Year'' (shortlisted) *

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New London Writers’ Award *K. Blundell Trust Award *Le Prince Maurice Roman d’Amour Prize (shortlisted) *

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber. It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Irish ...

(shortlisted) *

Man Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...

2013 (longlisted) *

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

2014 (longlisted) *

Women's Prize for Fiction The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

2022 (longlisted for ''The Exhibitionist'')

Personal life

Mendelson lives in London. She has one son and one daughter.

References

External links

Charlotte Mendelson Official WebsiteCharlotte Mendelson at Picador
1972 births 21st-century English novelists Living people English Jews John Llewellyn Rhys Prize winners English lesbian writers LGBT Jews Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of New College, Oxford People educated at Oxford High School, England English LGBT novelists English women novelists 21st-century English women writers 21st-century English LGBT people {{UK-writer-stub