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Miranda Carter | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Paul's Girls' School |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Spouse | John Lanchester |
| Children | 2 |
Miranda Carter (born 1965) is an English historian, writer and biographer who also publishes fiction under the name MJ Carter. [1] [2]
Carter was educated at St Paul's Girls School and Exeter College, Oxford. [3]
Carter's first book was a biography of the art historian and spy Anthony Blunt, entitled Anthony Blunt: His Lives. It won the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Orwell Prize and was short-listed for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction, the Guardian First Book Award, the Whitbread Prize for Best Biography, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.[ citation needed ] In the US it was chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of seven best books selected by the Times' editors for 2002. Noted the editors, "It's an unusual achievement: Miranda Carter's biography of Anthony Blunt is more interesting than the man." [4]
Her second historical undertaking was The Three Emperors, which was a group biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and King George V, all world leaders during the First World War. [5]
Carter also has written several novels, notably The Strangler Vine and its sequel The Infidel Stain, which was later republished as The Printer's Coffin. Her third mystery is entitled The Devil's Feast. All three are Victorian detective and mystery stories. [2]
Carter is married to John Lanchester, with whom she has two children, and lives in London. [6]
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