Rachel Ingalls

Rachel Ingalls
BornRachel Holmes Ingalls
(1940-05-13)13 May 1940
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died6 March 2019(2019-03-06) (aged 78)
London, England
OccupationNovelist
EducationRadcliffe College (BA)
Period1970–2019
Notable worksMrs. Caliban

Rachel Holmes Ingalls (13 May 1940 – 6 March 2019)[1] was an American-born author who had lived in the United Kingdom from 1965 onwards.[2][3] She won the 1970 Authors' Club First Novel Award for Theft. Her novella Mrs. Caliban was published in 1982, and her book of short stories Times Like These in 2005.

Ingalls's short story "Last Act: The Madhouse" inspired the story of the character Jean in the 1997 film Chinese Box by Wayne Wang.[4]

  1. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (19 March 2019). "Rachel Ingalls, Rediscovered Author of 'Mrs. Caliban,' Dies at 78". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ^ Park, Ed (20 December 2005). "They Never Forget". Village Voice. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ Rachel Ingalls in Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, 2007
  4. ^ Phipps, Keith (29 April 1998). "Wayne Wang: Boxed in". A.V. Club. Retrieved 14 February 2017.