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Rosa Rankin-Gee
British writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rosa Rankin-Gee (born 1986) is an English writer based in Ramsgate.[1]
Early life
Rankin-Gee was brought up in Kensal Rise, London.[2] She is the daughter of the novelist Maggie Gee and the writer and broadcaster Nicholas Rankin.[3] She studied at Durham University, graduating with a degree in modern languages.[4][5]
Career
After leaving university, Rankin-Gee moved to Sark in the Channel Islands, where she worked as a private cook.[6] Her first novella The Last Kings of Sark won the inaugural Paris Literary Prize in 2011 and was later published by Virago.[6]
Rankin-Gee's second novel Dreamland was published in 2021. The novel is set in a future version of Margate, taking its title from the amusement park in the town called Dreamland.[7][8] A television adaptation The Dream Lands is in production by the BBC.[9]
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Bibliography
Novels
- The Kings of Sark (2013)
- Dreamland (2021)
Picture books
- Serge, the Snail Without a Shell (2023), with Harriet Alida Lye
References
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