Laura Mary Catherine Beatty (née Keen; born 1 May 1963) is a writer awarded the Authors' Club First Novel Award for her 2008 novel '' Pollard'', also shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize. She has also written two biographies, the first about

Lillie Langtry Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed "The Jersey Lily", was a British socialite, stage actress and producer. Born on the isla ...

which contained the first publication of correspondence between Lillie and her lover Arthur Jones.

Personal life

She is the daughter of Charles Keen and Lady Priscilla Mary Rose Curzon, eldest daughter of Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe. Her brother is actor Will Keen (father of actress Dafne Keen) and her sister is poet Alice Oswald. On 29 September 1990, she married the Hon. Nicholas Beatty, son of David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty. They have one son, David Brin Charles Beatty (born 1992).

Bibliography

Non-fiction

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, Manner, Masks and Morals'' (1999,

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Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn (; 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was List of English royal consorts, Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the Wives of Henry VIII, second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading ...

, The Wife Who Lost Her Head'' (2001, Short Books, for children aged 10+) *''Looking for Theophrastus: travels in search of a lost philosopher'' (2022, Atlantic Books)

Fiction

*'' Pollard'' (2008, Chatto & Windus) *'' Darkling'' (2014, Chatto & Windus) *'' Lost Property'' (2019,

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References

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