Sophie Kinsella






Sophie Kinsella

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born
December 12, 1969

gender
female

place of birth
London, England, The United Kingdom

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Humor


about this author

Madeleine Wickham (born 12 December 1969) is a bestselling British author under her pseudonym, Sophie Kinsella. Educated at New College, Oxford, she worked as a financial journalist before turning to fiction. She is best known for writing a popular series of chick-lit novels. The Shopaholic novels series focuses on the misadventures of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who cannot manage her own finances. The books follows her life from when her credit card debt first become overwhelming ("The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic") to the latest book on being married and having a child ("Shopaholic & Baby"). Throughout the entire series, her obsession with shopping and the complications that imparts on her life are cen...more




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avg rating: 3.61 | 150,054 ratings | 14,716 reviews | 22 distinct works | 681 fans
Confessions of a Shopaholic Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, Book 1)
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.49 — 48,565 ratings — published 2000
48 editions
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Shopaholic Takes Manhattan Shopaholic Takes Manhattan (Shopaholic, Book 2)
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.70 — 15,944 ratings — published 2000
27 editions
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Can You Keep a Secret? Can You Keep a Secret?
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.75 — 14,152 ratings — published 2003
30 editions
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Shopaholic Ties the Knot Shopaholic Ties the Knot (Shopaholic, Book 3)
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.69 — 14,264 ratings — published 2003
26 editions
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The Undomestic Goddess The Undomestic Goddess
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.66 — 13,903 ratings — published 2005
27 editions
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Shopaholic and Sister Shopaholic and Sister (Shopaholic, Book 4)
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.51 — 11,624 ratings — published 2004
35 editions
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Shopaholic and Baby Shopaholic and Baby (Shopaholic, Book 5)
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.76 — 10,203 ratings — published 2007
22 editions
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Remember Me? Remember Me?
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.60 — 9,543 ratings — published 2008
21 editions
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Twenties Girl: A Novel Twenties Girl: A Novel
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.68 — 1,933 ratings — published 2009
14 editions
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Shopaholic Gift Set: Confessio... Shopaholic Gift Set: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot (Shopaholic, #1-3)
by Sophie Kinsella
avg rating 3.91 — 656 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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July 2009, Sophie Kinsella
"Holidays are all about indulgence, and there's nothing more indulgent than opening one of these books and sinking into the happy, sunlit world of P.G. Wodehouse." ...More

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"sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next!"
Sophie Kinsella (The Undomestic Goddess)
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"I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore."
Sophie Kinsella (Confessions of a Shopaholic)
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"Life would be a lot easier if conversations were rewindable and erasable, like videos. Or if you could instruct people to disregard what you just said, like in a courtroom."
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