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'''Laura Thompson''' is an English writer and biographer. She studied at ]. Her first book ''The Dogs: A Personal History of ]'' won the ]. She has also written acclaimed biographies of ] and ], and true-crime books on the disappearance of ] and on the 1920s cause celebres ].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/09/biography.agathachristie</ref><ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/rex-v-edith-thompson-by-laura-thompson-review-a3779341.html</ref></ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/agatha-christie-laura-thompson.html</ref> '''Laura Thompson''' is an English writer and biographer. Her first book ''The Dogs: A Personal History of ]'' won the ]. She has also written acclaimed biographies of ] and ], and true-crime books on the disappearance of ] and on the 1920s cause celebres ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/09/biography.agathachristie|title=There's only one mystery ...|first=Rachel|last=Cooke|date=9 September 2007|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/rex-v-edith-thompson-by-laura-thompson-review-a3779341.html|title=Rex v Edith Thompson by Laura Thompson - review|first=Marcus|last=Field|date=1 March 2018|website=The Standard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/agatha-christie-laura-thompson.html | title=A Biography Chronicles the Mysteries of Agatha Christie | newspaper=] | url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Early life==
As a teenager, Thompson intended to go into theatre and attended ], where she trained in dance. She went on to study English at ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/people/laura-thompson|title=Our People: Laura Thompson - Writer, Broadcaster, Columnist|work=Merton College, Oxford|accessdate=24 December 2024}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
===Books===
* ''The Dogs: A personal history of greyhound racing'' (1994)
* ''Life in a Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford the Biography'' (2003)
* ''Agatha Christie: An English Mystery'' (2007) {{small|(re-published in 2018 as ''Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life'')}}
* ''The Six: The lives of the Mitford sisters'' (2016) {{small|(alternate title ''Take Six Girls'')}}
* ''Rex v Edith: A Tale of Two Murders'' (2018) {{small|(alternate title ''A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson'')}}
* ''A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan'' (2018)
* ''The Last Landlady: An English Memoir'' (2019)
* ''Heiresses: The lives of the million dollar babies'' (2022)

===Edited volumes===
* ''Au Revoir Now Darlint: The Letters of Edith Thompson'' (2023)


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Laura Thompson is an English writer and biographer. Her first book The Dogs: A Personal History of Greyhound Racing won the Somerset Maugham Award. She has also written acclaimed biographies of Nancy Mitford and Agatha Christie, and true-crime books on the disappearance of Lord Lucan and on the 1920s cause celebres Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters.

Early life

As a teenager, Thompson intended to go into theatre and attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, where she trained in dance. She went on to study English at Merton College, Oxford.

Bibliography

Books

  • The Dogs: A personal history of greyhound racing (1994)
  • Life in a Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford the Biography (2003)
  • Agatha Christie: An English Mystery (2007) (re-published in 2018 as Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life)
  • The Six: The lives of the Mitford sisters (2016) (alternate title Take Six Girls)
  • Rex v Edith: A Tale of Two Murders (2018) (alternate title A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson)
  • A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan (2018)
  • The Last Landlady: An English Memoir (2019)
  • Heiresses: The lives of the million dollar babies (2022)

Edited volumes

  • Au Revoir Now Darlint: The Letters of Edith Thompson (2023)

References

  1. Cooke, Rachel (9 September 2007). "There's only one mystery ..." – via The Guardian.
  2. Field, Marcus (1 March 2018). "Rex v Edith Thompson by Laura Thompson - review". The Standard.
  3. "A Biography Chronicles the Mysteries of Agatha Christie". The New York Times.
  4. "Our People: Laura Thompson - Writer, Broadcaster, Columnist". Merton College, Oxford. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
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