“defined and elevated romantic comedy by populating her stories with real-life issues that combined wit, emotional depth and societal insight”
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Sophie Kinsella
Madeleine Sophie Wickham, known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, was an English author. She is especially known for her best-selling Shopaholic series of novels. By the time of her death, her books had sold over 50 million copies in more than 60 countries and had been translated into over 40 languages. The first two novels in her Shopaholic series, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000) and…
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culture · English author (1969–2025) · writer · novelist · journalist · musician · teacher · also Sophie Kinsella, Madeleine Sophie Wickham, Kinsella, Sophie, Kinsella
Born 12 December 1969 · Died 10 December 2025 · Q235014
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I was so, so determined not to write about a 24-year-old journalist. It was going to have male characters, and middle-aged people, so I could say, look, I’m not just writing about my life, I’m a real author.
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 4 entries
The Guardian: Sophie Kinsella obituary
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The Guardian: Confessions of a Shopaholic novelist Sophie Kinsella dies aged 55
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Died 2025-12-10.
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Kinsella was shortlisted for "Author of the Year" in the British Book Awards
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2024· 2 entries
Kinsella's novel What Does It Feel Like
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Kinsella revealed she had glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, with which she was diagnosed in late 2022
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2016· 1 entry
The Guardian: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella – review
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2015· 4 entries
The Guardian: Shopaholic Abroad by Sophie Kinsella - review
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The Guardian: The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella - review
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The Guardian: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella - review
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Branched into Young Adult writing with her first YA book, Finding Audrey, published in June 2015
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2012· 2 entries
The Guardian: Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent – and also ditzy and klutzy'
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“I was so, so determined not to write about a 24-year-old journalist. It was going to have male characters, and middle-aged people, so I could say, look, I’m not just writing about my life, I’m a real author.”
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2009· 2 entries
The Guardian: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella | John Crace Digested Read
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Awarded Glamour Award (2009).
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “Remember Me?”.
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2007· 1 entry
The Guardian: My life in shopping: Sophie Kinsella, novelist
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1991· 1 entry
Kinsella married Henry Wickham, whom she had met at Oxford
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1969· 2 entries
Born 1969-12-12.
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“always processed my life through writing”
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