Kitty Aldridge (born 9 May 1962) is a British actress and writer.

Life and career

Aldridge was born in

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. After training as an actress at the

Drama Centre London Drama Centre London (often abbreviated as Drama Centre) was a British drama school in King's Cross, London, where it moved in 2011 after a major reshaping of the University of the Arts London. It was part of Central Saint Martins, a constitu ...

, Aldridge went on to work in film, theatre and television as an actress for 15 years. In her thirties she began to write fiction. Her first novel, ''Pop'', published in 2001, was longlisted for the

Orange 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 ...

2002 and shortlisted for the Pendleton May First Novel Award 2002. Her second novel, ''Cryers Hill'', was published in March 2007. Aldridge's short story, ''Arrivederci Les'', won the Bridport Short Story Prize 2011. Her third novel, ''A Trick I Learned from Dead Men'', was published in 2012. It was longlisted for the 2013

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 ...

and ''The Guardian'' newspaper's Not The Booker Prize 2012. Aldridge’s new novel, ''The Wisdom of Bones'', was published in May 2019. Aldridge married the former guitarist frontman of Dire Straits

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1997 in

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Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

*''Pop'', Cape (Vintage); (2001) *''Cryers Hill'', Cape (Vintage); (1 March 2007) *''Arrivederci Les''; (2011) *''A Trick I Learned from Dead Men'', Cape (Vintage); (5 July 2012) *''The Wisdom of Bones'', Corsair (Little, Brown); (May 2, 2019)

Awards

* Bridport Short Story Prize 2011

References

External links

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Filmography at the ''New York Times''Aitken Alexander Associates LimitedRandom House Group, UKKitty Aldridge, Interview, The Guardian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aldridge, Kitty 1962 births Living people Alumni of the Drama Centre London British film actresses British television actresses British expatriates in Bahrain 20th-century British actresses 20th-century British novelists