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Kate Atkinson was born in York in 1951, she earned her master's degree in English literature at Dundee University, and did further graduate work in American literature. While raising her two daughters, she held a variety of jobs, from university tutor to welfare benefits administrator, and always wrote, publishing short stories in British magazines and finally her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, in 1995 in England and 1996 in the United States. The critical response in both countries was overwhelming, and Atkinson's talent was justly celebrated when Behind the Scenes at the Museum was named England's Whitbread Book of the Year.]]> 10015 3.69 14042 2627 1995 0 0 false Sat Dec 29 02:20:30 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 01 07:53:34 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 01 07:53:39 -0700 2007