Lady Catherine Manning is a British writer, who has written five mystery novels under the pseudonym Elizabeth Ironside.
Lady Catherine Manning | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | novelist, as Elizabeth Ironside |
| Spouse | Sir David Manning |
Early life edit
Catherine Manning is the daughter of a general practitioner doctor, and grew up in a Northamptonshire village.[1]
She was educated at University of Oxford, where she earned a bachelor's degree in history, followed by a PhD.[2][1]
Career edit
After university, she worked for some time as a teacher, before turning to writing.[1]
As Elizabeth Ironside, she won the Crime Writers' Association Best First Novel Award for her 1985 novel, A Very Private Enterprise.[3] She has also been runner-up for the Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger.[3] All of her five novels have been published in the UK and the US.[3]
Interviewed by The Daily Telegraph in November 2004, Manning said that she had not been able to publish a new novel for a while because her husband, Sir David Manning, was the British ambassador to the United States, and acting as a hostess for their numerous functions had kept her very busy.[1] She also expressed pleasant surprise, saying that she was "extremely flattered,"" when she found out that in a then recent interview with Time magazine, Laura Bush had said, "I'm having so much fun reading Lady Catherine Manning's mysteries."[1]
Selected publications edit
- A Very Private Enterprise (1984) Hodder & Stoughton Ltd ISBN 978-0340352694
- Death in the Garden (1995)
- The Accomplice (1996)
- The Art of Deception (1998) Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 978-0340716854
- A Good Death (2008) Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 978-0340716861
Personal life edit
She is the wife of Sir David Manning, the former British ambassador to the United States.[1] She met her future husband when they were both history students at the University of Oxford, "I think we met at a lecture."[1] After a few years, they found out that they were unable to have children.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h "'I've given up on crime for now'". The Daily Telegraph. 2 November 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Ironside, Elizabeth [A pseudonym] (Lady Catherine Manning)". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Elizabeth Ironside - Writer - Lucas Alexander Whitley - LAW". www.lawagency.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2017.