Rebecca Stott | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Cambridge, England |
| Occupation | Writer, broadcaster, university professor |
| Education | PhD, University of York |
| Genres | Historical fiction and non-fiction |
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Rebecca Stott (born 1964) is a British writer and broadcaster and, until her retirement from teaching in 2021, was Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2021.
She is the author of two historical novels, of a biography of Charles Darwin and of a 2,200-year history of Darwin's predecessors. Her most recent book In the Days of Rain (2017), a memoir giving an account of her childhood growing up in the Exclusive Brethren, won the 2017 Costa Book Award in the Biography category.
She is a regular broadcaster on the BBC Radio 4 programme A Point of View. She has three adult children.[1]
- ^ Stott, Rebecca (2017). In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult. 4th Estate.