Laura Thompson (British author)
Laura Thompson is an English writer and biographer. Her first book The Dogs: A Personal History of Greyhound Racing won the Somerset Maugham Award. She has also written acclaimed biographies of Nancy Mitford and Agatha Christie, and true-crime books on the disappearance of Lord Lucan and on the 1920s cause celebres Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters.
Early life
As a teenager, Thompson intended to go into theatre and attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, where she trained in dance. She went on to study English at Merton College, Oxford.Books
The Dogs: A personal history of greyhound racing Life in a Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford the Biography Agatha Christie: An English Mystery The Six: The lives of the Mitford sisters Rex v Edith: A Tale of Two Murders A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan The Last Landlady: An English Memoir- ''Heiresses: The lives of the million dollar babies''
Edited volumes
- ''Au Revoir Now Darlint: The Letters of Edith Thompson''