Eleanor Updale

Eleanor Updale (born 1953) is an English fiction writer, best known for the Victorian-era London thriller Montmorency (2003) and its sequels, the Montmorency series, which feature the namesake fictional character, Montmorency.

Eleanor Updale
Born1953 (age 67–68)
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt Anne's College, Oxford; Queen Mary, University of London
Period2003–present
GenreHistorical, mystery, suspense fiction; children's fiction
Notable worksMontmorency series
SpouseJames Naughtie
Children3
Website
eleanorupdale.co.uk

Personal life and education

Eleanor Updale was born in 1953 and grew up in Camberwell in South London. She studied history at St Anne's College, Oxford in the 1970s. She studied for an M.Res. degree at the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary College, University of London in 2003. Her research into early members of the Royal Society was awarded a PhD in History by the university in 2007. She is also a trustee of the charity Listening Books.[1]

Updale is married to broadcaster James Naughtie. The couple have three children.[2]

Career in broadcasting

Updale was a producer of television and radio current affairs programmes for the BBC from 1975 to 1990.[1]

Novels

The novel, Montmorency was her first book, published by Scholastic Corporation in 2003. It was followed by three sequels, with a final, fifth, volume published in 2013.

  • Montmorency series, published by Scholastic Corporation in the U.K. and subsequently by its Orchard Books imprint in the U.S.
    • Montmorency: thief, liar, gentleman? (2003)
    • Montmorency on the Rocks: doctor, aristocrat, murderer? (2004)
    • Montmorency and the Assassins: master, criminal, spy? (2005) – "the final installment of the Montmorency trilogy"[3]
    • Montmorency's Revenge: madman, actor, arsonist? (2006)
    • Montmorency's Return (2013)

She has also written books with other characters.

  • Itch, Scritch, Scratch, illustrated by Sarah Horne (Barrington Stoke, 2008), OCLC 870424607 – picture book
  • Saved (Barrington Stoke, 2008)
  • Johnny Swanson (David Fickling Books, 2010) – "in 1929 England"[4]
  • The Last Minute (David Fickling, 2013)

References
  1. "Eleanor Updale Novelist". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. Kane, Tony. "Time & Leisure Local Lifestyle Magazine". www.timeandleisure.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. Goodreads and Google Books both display a description, promotional in tone and uncredited, perhaps from the publisher. There is no linked publisher description for the first U.S. edition in the Library of Congress online catalogue and that for the second book is much shorter. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  4. http://lccn.loc.gov/2010011762
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