Louise Doughty is the author of nine novels, five plays for radio and a TV mini-series. Her most recent book is ''Platform Seven'' (2019), currently being adapted as a four-part drama. The previous book, ''Black Water'', (2016) was nominated as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year and the book before that was the bestseller ''Apple Tree Yard'' (2013), which has been published or is being translated into thirty languages and adapted into a highly successful

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adapted by

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for

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starring

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. In her first original drama for television, Doughty wrote the three-part thriller ''Crossfire'', about a gun attack on a holiday resort, made by Dancing Ledge Productions for

. It stars

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and is due for broadcast on 20, 21 and 22 September 2022. She is also an executive producer on the series. She is an executive producer on the television adaptation of ''Platform Seven'', adapted by

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and currently in pre-production with Dancing Ledge Productions for

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. Her third novel, ''Honey-Dew'', is under option with Chapter One pictures and she is working on a series outline.

Biography

Doughty was born on 4 September 1963 in

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and grew up in

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. She attended

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and is an alumna of

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and of the

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. She has lectured and contributed on creative writing in several countries of the world.Author's site. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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Bio at British Council She has worked as a cultural critic for newspapers and magazines. Her weekly column for ''

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'' was published as ''A Novel in a Year'' in 2007. Doughty was the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme '' A Good Read'' in 1998 to 2001. In 2013, her seventh novel entitled ''Apple Tree Yard'', was published and became a number one bestseller, selling over half a million copies in the UK alone. It has also been translated in thirty territories worldwide. A four-part television adaptation of the same name was broadcast on

in January 2017. The series, which starred

in the lead role, received widespread critical acclaim and consolidated viewing figures of 7 million per episode, making it the most-viewed new BBC drama at that time since ''The Night Manager''. Doughty now lives in London.

Awards and honours

Doughty's sixth novel, ''Whatever You Love'', was short-listed for the Costa Book Award for fiction in 2010, and long-listed for the

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in 2011. Her seventh novel, ''Apple Tree Yard'', was selected as a Richard & Judy Book Choice in the spring of 2014.

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commented on the novel, "There can’t be a woman alive who hasn't once realised, in a moment of panic, that she's in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man. Louise Doughty... leads her unnerved reader into dark territory. A compelling and bravely written book." Her short story "Fat White Cop with Ginger Eyebrows" was long-listed for the 2015

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.Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award
Retrieved 4 March 2018 Louise Doughty is a Fellow of the

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. In 2019, she received an honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) from the

Selected works

Novels

*Doughty, Louise (1995). ''Crazy Paving''. Simon & Schuster Ltd. *Doughty, Louise (1996). ''Dance with Me'' (1996). Simon & Schuster Ltd. *Doughty, Louise (1998). ''Honey-Dew''. Simon & Schuster Ltd. *Doughty, Louise (2003). ''Fires in the Dark.'' Simon & Schuster Ltd. *Doughty, Louise (2006). ''Stone Cradle''. Simon & Schuster Ltd. *Doughty, Louise (2010). ''Whatever You Love''.

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. *Doughty, Louise (2013). ''Apple Tree Yard''.

. *Doughty, Louise (2016). ''Black Water''.

. *Doughty, Louise (2019). ''Platform Seven''.

Non-fiction

*Doughty, Louise (2007). ''A Novel in a Year''. Simon & Schuster Ltd.

Radio Plays

References

External links

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2012 interview at ''The Guardian''
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