![]() ![]() The BBC version of Fingersmith starred Sally Hawkins and Imelda Staunton, while the 2017 film The Handmaiden transported the Victorian novel to 1930s Korea. Fingersmith was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002 (Chris Young/PA) Her subsequent books, Affinity, Fingersmith, The Night Watch and The Little Stranger, have also been adapted for the screen. In 2002, Andrew Davies adapted it into a three-part drama for BBC Two, starring Keeley Hawes and Rachael Stirling, with Waters making a cameo appearance. The New York Times also included it on its list of notable books of the year. Her debut, Tipping The Velvet, was published in 1998 to critical acclaim and won the Lambda Literary Award and the Betty Trask Award, given to Commonwealth citizens who have produced their first novel before reaching the age of 35. I’m absolutely delighted, and a little bit dazed.”īorn in Pembrokeshire in 1966, Waters worked as an academic before writing her first novel immediately after her doctoral thesis. ![]() ![]() “So to receive this kind of very public honour is a huge thrill. ![]() In a statement to the Press Association, she said: “Writing is, by its nature, a very solitary pursuit: you spend most of your time as an author hidden away. Author Sarah Waters has said she is “delighted and a little bit dazed” at being made an OBE for services to literature in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.įamed for her raunchy novels featuring lesbian protagonists, including Tipping The Velvet and Fingersmith, Waters is one of Britain’s most successful novelists. ![]()
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