Alice Thompson

For other people named Alice Thompson, see Alice Thompson (disambiguation).

Alice Thompson (born in Edinburgh) is a Scottish novelist.[1][2][3][4]

Thompson was educated at St George's School, Edinburgh,[5] then read English at Oxford University and wrote her Ph.D. thesis on Henry James. In the 1980s she was the keyboard player with rock band The Woodentops.[5] She has a son, and lives in Edinburgh. Her novel Justine was the joint winner of the 1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.[6] She also won a Creative Scotland Award[6] in 2000, and was a Writer in Residence in Shetland.[7]

  1. ^ "Alice Thompson: The Scottish Review of Books Interview" Archived 23 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Review of Books. Accessed 16 December 2010.
  2. ^ Holcombe, Garan. "Alice Thompson" Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, British Council. Accessed 24 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Review: The Book Collector, by Alice Thompson". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ Feay, Suzi (17 December 2015). "The Book Collector by Alice Thompson review – elegant and shocking entertainment". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b Alice Thompson discovers island life | Herald Scotland Retrieved 7 Jan 2014.
  6. ^ a b Salt. "Author: Alice Thompson". Salt. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Alice Thompson - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 24 November 2017.