Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson (born 1947 or 1948) is an English novelist. ^{[1] [2] [3]} She published her first novel, Meet Me at the Museum, at the age of 70 after a career in the motor industry ^{[1] [4] [5]}

Early life and education

Youngson has a BA in English literature from Birmingham University (1970), an MA in creative writing and a PhD from Oxford Brookes University (2012). ^[6] Her doctoral thesis was Once upon a time: how stories start: it considered the opening words of short stories and included a group of stories written for the thesis. ^[7]

Career

Youngson was a senior engineer at Rover before taking early retirement at the age of 56. ^[1]

Her first novel, Meet Me at the Museum, was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award for First Novel. ^[8] It was adapted for broadcast by BBC Radio 4. ^[9]

Selected publications

• Carver, Mike; Seale, Nicholas; Youngson, Anne, eds. (2008). When Rover Met Honda: Insights and Memories. CSY Publishing. ISBN   978-0956034304.
• Carver, Mike; Seale, Nick; Youngson, Anne (2015). British Leyland Motor Corporation 1968-2005: The Story from Inside. London: The History Press. ISBN   978-0750961448. ^[10]
• Youngson, Anne (2018). Meet me at the museum (First ed.). Flatiron Books. ISBN   978-1-250-29516-3. ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• Youngson, Anne (2020). Three women and a boat. London: Doubleday. ISBN   978-0857527097. ^[5]
• Youngson, Anne (2022). The six who came to dinner: stories. London: Doubleday. ISBN   978-0857528254.
• Youngson, Anne (2022). The Narrowboat Summer. Flatiron. ISBN   978-1250764621. ^{[14] [15]}
• Youngson, Anne (2023). A Complicated Matter. Doubleday. ISBN   978-0857528230. ^[16]

References

1. Cocozza, Paula (27 August 2021). "A new start after 60: 'I always dreamed of being a writer – and published my first novel at 70'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
2. "Three Women and a Boat". bookclubhub.co.uk. Book Club Hub. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
3. "Anne Youngson author interview". BookBrowse.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
4. Bellamy, Roxanne (8 July 2024). "A Debut Novel at 70: How Anne Youngson Wrote Her Own Plot Twist". CAPTRUST. Archived from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
5. "Meet the author: Three Women and a Boat writer Anne Youngson". The Sunday Post. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
6. "Anne Youngson". Oxford Brookes University. Archived from the original on 9 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
7. Youngson, Anne. "Once upon a time : how stories start [abstract]". radar.brookes.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
8. Flood, Alison (22 November 2018). "Costa book awards shortlist memoir of homeless couple's coast walk". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
9. "Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson (Omnibus), Episode 1". BBC. March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 July 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
10. "British Leyland Motor Corporation 1968-2005". The History Press. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
11. "Meet Me at the Museum". Kirkus Reviews. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
12. Onwuemezi, Natasha (8 September 2017). "Transworld signs 70-year-old debut author as 'summer lead' title". The Bookseller. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
13. McAlpin, Heller (7 August 2018). "Bonding Over Bog Bodies In 'Meet Me At The Museum'". NPR. Archived from the original on 31 July 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
14. "The Narrowboat Summer". Kirkus Reviews. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
15. McAlpin, Heller (29 January 2021). "It's never to late to change one's life". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
16. Kemp, Cathy (2023). "A Complicated Matter". Historical Novel Society. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

External links

• Meet the author: Anne Youngson, from Suffolk County Libraries, archived 1 August 2021