The novelist on unusual cinema experiences, LGBTQ history and the genius of Happy Valley
Born in Wales in 1966, Sarah Waters studied English at the University of Kent, followed by Lancaster University and Queen Mary’s, where her PhD thesis focused on lesbian and gay historical fiction. Immediately afterwards she started working on her first novel, Tipping the Velvet (a title taken from 19th-century pornography), which was published in 1998. Waters has won a number of awards: in 2003 alone, she was named one of Granta’s 20 best young British writers, received the South Bank award for literature, and was named author of the year at the British Book Awards. The stage adaptation of her 2006 novel The Night Watch is on at Manchester’s Royal Exchange until 18 June.
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