Philippa Gregory | |
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Born | Nairobi, Colony of Kenya (modern-day Nairobi County, Republic of Kenya) | 9 January 1954
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Alma mater | University of Sussex University of Edinburgh |
Period | 1987–present |
Genre | Historical fiction, romance, fantasy |
Notable awards | RoNA Award |
Spouse |
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Children | 2 |
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Philippa Gregory CBE (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association[1] and has been adapted into two films.
AudioFile magazine has called Gregory "the queen of British historical fiction".[2]