Imogen Robertson
Imogen Robertson is a British director in different media, a poet and novelist.
Biography
[edit]She was born and grew up in Darlington, England, attending a local comprehensive and a boys' public school in the sixth form. She studied Russian and German at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Her directorial work includes documentaries, TV films, children's television (e.g. Numberjacks for the BBC), radio and museum voiceovers.[2][3][4][5][1]
She is best-known for her writing. She received a commendation in the National Poetry Competition in 2005. In 2007, she won The Daily Telegraph's 'First thousand words of a novel competition', and this became the opening of her debut work, Instruments of Darkness.[1] Most of her novels are set in the late 18th century and feature the tenacious detective pairing of Mrs. Harriet Westerman, a dynamic Sussex landowner, and her neighbour Gabriel Crowther, an anatomist of quiet renown hiding a baronial past. Robertson has been a candidate for the CWA Historical Dagger three times, for Circle of Shadows, Island of Bones and Theft of Life.[6][7][8] She has co-written three novels: she wrote King of Kings with Wilbur Smith;[9] she collaborated with US screenwriter Darby Kealey (a writer for Patriot) under the pseudonym 'Imogen Kealey' for Liberation, a World War II thriller about French resistance and SOE operative Nancy Wake, which is currently in movie production with Anne Hathaway as the lead character;[10][11] she wrote another thriller, The House, with former deputy leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson.[12][13]
She lives in London with her husband.[1]
Published works
[edit]- Instruments of Darkness (2009)
- Anatomy of Murder (2010)
- Island of Bones (2011)
- Circle of Shadows (2012)
- The Paris Winter (2013)
- Theft of Life (2014)
- King of Kings [with Wilbur Smith] (2019)
- Liberation [with Darby Kealey as 'Imogen Kealey'] (2020)
- The House [with Tom Watson] (2020)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Clements, Toby (5 June 2009). "Imogen Robertson". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Numberjacks". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Strictly Tango". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "London Tango". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Adrian Wheeler". www.mandy.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Historical 2011". thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Imogen Robertson". thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Historical 2014". thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "King of Kings by Wilbur Smith with Imogen Robertson". www.historiamag.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Little, Brown bags rights to Second World War tale Liberation". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Acclaimed Bestsellers Imogen Kealey discuss Historical Thrillers, Screenplays, Craft, and Co-Writing". podcasts.apple.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Tom Watson to publish debut novel The House – about 'cold-blooded ambition and betrayal' in Parliament". www.independent.co.uk. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Imogen Robertson & Tom Watson Collaboration". www.dhhliteraryagency.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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