Victoria Hislop (née Hamson; born 1959) is an English author.[2]
Victoria Hislop | |
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 Hislop signing books in Greece, February 2008 | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65)[1] Bromley, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Citizenship | |
| Alma mater | St Hilda's College, Oxford |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2; including William |
| Website | |
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Early life
editBorn in Bromley, Kent, she was raised in Tonbridge and attended Tonbridge Grammar School.[3] She studied English at St Hilda's College, Oxford,[4] and worked in publishing and as a journalist before becoming an author.[5]
Career
editHer novel The Island (2005) was a number-one bestseller in Britain, its success in part the result of having been selected by the Richard & Judy Book Club for their 2006 Summer Reads. To Nisi (The Island) was filmed as a TV series by the Greek TV channel MEGA.
In 2009, she donated the short story "Aflame in Athens" to Oxfam's "Ox-Tales" project, four collections of British stories written by 38 authors. Her story was published in the "Fire" collection.[6] Hislop has a particular affection for Greece. She visits the country often for research and other reasons, and has a second home on the island of Crete.[7]
Personal life
editVictoria married Private Eye editor Ian Hislop on 16 April 1988 in Oxford; the couple have two children: Emily Helen (born 1990) and William David (born 1993).[8]
Hislop lived in London for more than twenty years, but now lives in Sissinghurst.[3]
In 2020, Hislop was granted honorary Greek citizenship for promoting modern Greek history and culture.[9] The following year she was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, the Greek version of Strictly Come Dancing.[10]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- The Island (2005)
- The Return (2008)
- The Thread (2011)
- The Sunrise (2014)
- Cartes Postales from Greece (2016)
- Those Who Are Loved (2019)
- One August Night (2020)
- Maria's Island (2021)
- The Figurine (2023)
Short stories
edit- One Cretan Evening and Other Stories (2011)
- "One Cretan Evening" (2008)
- "The Pine Tree" (2008)
- "By The Fire" (2009)
- "The Warmest Christmas Ever" (2007)
- "Aflame in Athens" (2009)
- The Last Dance and Other Stories (2012; ten stories)
Non-fiction
edit- Sink or Swim: The Self-help Book for Men Who Never Read Them (2002) (with Duncan Goodhew)
- Fix Your Life – Now!: The Six Step Plan to Help You Fix Your Life (2012) (with Duncan Goodhew)
References
edit- ^ Greek Government Gazette B/2954/2020
- ^ Philby, Charlotte (3 January 2009). "My Secret Life, Independent Magazine 3 January 2009". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Victoria Hislop's Kent favourites". BBC Kent. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ^ "Here come the girls..." Oxford Mail. 11 March 2010.
- ^ Foster, Sophie (16 June 2019). "Victoria Hislop: 'Ian was in a different league to me at Oxford - he charged me 50p to borrow his essays'". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Order your copy of Ox-Tales : Talking Books : Oxfam GB". Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
- ^ Hislop The tragedy of my beloved Greece [1], Sunday Telegraph, 20 May 2012
- ^ "Marriages and Births England and Wales 1984–2006".
- ^ "Greece gives novelist Victoria Hislop honorary Greek citizenship". ekathimerini.com. 21 July 2020.
- ^ Rose, Hilary. "Victoria Hislop on doing Strictly (the Greek one): My partner is beautiful — I can't stop looking at him". The Times. Retrieved 11 October 2021.