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Kate Atkinson is a celebrated British author, recognized for her crime novels and historical fiction. Born in 1951, she has garnered critical acclaim for her intricate plots and compelling characters. Atkinson's writing frequently delves into themes of morality, identity, and the passage of time.

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“Hindsight's a wonderful thing. If we all had it there would be no history to write about.”

Ifs Writing Would Be Wonderful Wonderful Things Hindsight

Author:Kate Atkinson

“The Grim Reaper, Gloria corrected herself - if anyone deserved capital letters it was surely Death. Gloria would rather like to be the Grim Reaper. She wouldn't necessarily be grim, she suspected she would be quite cheerful (Come along now, don't make such a fuss).”

Ifs Would Be Letters Cheerful Grim Reaper Gloria Grim Reaper

Book:One Good Turn: (Jackson Brodie)

Source: One Good Turn: (Jackson Brodie)

“If people believed in eternal damnation they might not be seizing the day quite so much.”

People Ifs Life Might Eternal Damnation Seize The Day Seizing

Author:Kate Atkinson

“Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.”

Ifs Bigs Novelists What If Big Things

Author:Kate Atkinson

“I did feel when my mother died if anyone was going to haunt me it would be her. And she hasn't, so I think it is possibly the end.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Ends Would Be Mother Died Mother Died

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“If you don't have a unique voice, then you're not really a writer.”

Ifs Voice Unique Unique Voices

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“Not being published would be great. When I say that to other writers they look at me as if I'm totally insane.”

Ifs Looks Would Be Insane Look At Me

Author:Kate Atkinson

“I can't imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I'm going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket.”

Ifs Want Writing I Can Different States Stories Would Be Interest My Own Imagine Approach Experiments Psychological Different Things Relaxed

Author:Kate Atkinson

“I had a novel in the back of my mind when I won an Ian St James story competition in 1993. At the award ceremony an agent asked me if I was writing a novel. I showed her four or five chapters of what would become 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' and to my surprise she auctioned them off.”

Ifs Writing Mind Stories Behinds Novel Five Four Scene Competition Surprise Agents Awards Museums Chapters Ceremony Of My Mind Behind The Scenes Award Ceremonies

Author:Kate Atkinson

“Why do cats sleep so much? Perhaps they've been trusted with some major cosmic task, an essential law of physics - such as: if there are less than five million cats sleeping at any one time the world will stop spinning.”

Ifs Thinking World Looks Hard Facts Law Sleep Animal Millions Essentials Majors Tasks Cat Physics Lazy One Time Cosmic Trusted Spinning Laws Of Physics

Author:Kate Atkinson

“I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are fictional characters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things. There are too many Judes and Tesses and Clarissas and Cordelias around. If we must name our children after literary figures then we should search out happy ones, although it's true they are much harder to find.”

People Ifs Thinking Should Wells Children I Can Ends Character Helping Names Poor Figures Harder Our Children Customs Unfortunate Sticky Fictional Character Tess Cordelia

Book:Emotionally Weird: A Novel

Source: Emotionally Weird: A Novel

“If they would all sleep all the time she wouldn't mind being their mother.”

Ifs Mind Mother Sleep Motherhood

Book:Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie)

Source: Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie)

“Sylvia loved secrets and even if she didn't have any secrets she made sure that you thought she did. Amelia had no secrets, Amelia knew nothing. When she grew up she planned to know everything and to keep it all a secret.”

Ifs Knows Made Secret Grew Grew Up Amelia

Author:Kate Atkinson

“Jennifer had never liked the pain of remembering what had happened, but for Theo it was the pain that kept Laura alive in his memory. He was afraid that if it ever began to heal she would disappear.”

Ifs Pain Remember Memories Alive Happened Disappear Heal Jennifer Laura

Book:Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie)

Source: Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie)

“I feel as if I’m waiting for something dreadful to happen, and then I realize it already has.”

Ifs Feels Happens Waiting Realizing Waiting For Something

Book:Life After Life

Source: Life After Life

“What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?”

Ifs Chance Wonderful What If Again And Again

Book:Life After Life

Source: Life After Life

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Born: 1951
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 120

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