Meredith Hooper

Meredith Hooper is an Australian historian and writer.^[1]

Meredith Hooper
Born	Meredith Jean Rooney Adelaide, Australia
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Alma mater	University of Adelaide, University of Oxford
Genre	History, science writing, children's books
Subject	Antarctica
Spouse	Richard Hooper
Children	Tom Hooper

Early life

She was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia.^[2] Hooper graduated in history from the University of Adelaide,^[3] then studied imperial history at Oxford.^[2]

Career

She is a member of Association of British Science Writers, Royal Institution and the British Society for the History of Science.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, the National Science Foundation and the Congress of the United States awarded Hooper the Antarctica Service Medal.^[4] In 2014, Hooper was named the Australian of the Year in the UK.^[4][5]

Bibliography

• The Longest Winter: Scott's Other Heroes^[6][7][8]
• Celebrity Cat: With Paintings from Art Galleries Around the World^[9]
• The Pebble in my Pocket: A History of Our Earth^[10]
• The Endurance: Shackleton's Perilous Expedition in Antarctica^[11]
• The Ferocious Summer: Adelie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica^[12]
• Stranded in the Winter: The Story of Scott’s Northern Party^[13]

Personal life

She is the wife of British civil servant Richard Hooper^[14] and mother of film director Tom Hooper. After seeing a 2007 reading of an unproduced play, she told her son she thought he should consider pursuing it for a film adaptation; the project became his Academy Award-winning film, The King's Speech.^[15]