Anne Youngson
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Anne Youngson | |
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| Born | 1947 or 1948 (age 77–78) |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Years active | c. 2017–present |
Anne Youngson (born 1947 or 1948) is an English novelist.[1][2][3] She published her first novel, Meet Me at the Museum, at the age of 70 after a career in the motor industry[1][4][5]
Youngson was born in 1947 or 1948.
She has a BA in English literature from Birmingham University (1970), an MA in creative writing and a PhD from Oxford Brookes University (2012).[6] Her doctoral thesis was Once upon a time: how stories start: it considered the opening words of short stories and included a group of stories written for the thesis.[7]
Career
Youngson was a senior engineer at Rover before taking early retirement at the age of 56.[1]
Her first novel, Meet Me at the Museum, was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award for First Novel.[8] It was adapted for broadcast by BBC Radio 4.[9]
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