Miranda Carter (born 1965) is an English historian, writer and biographer who also publishes fiction under the name MJ Carter.Jake Kerridge

''The Telegraph'', 23 April 2015.

Education

Carter was educated at St Paul's Girls School and Exeter College, Oxford.

Career

Carter's first book was a biography of the art historian and spy

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, entitled ''Anthony Blunt: His Lives''. It won the

Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, th ...

Award and the Orwell Prize and was short-listed for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction, the Guardian First Book Award, the

Whitbread Prize for Best Biography The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, then ...

, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In the US it was chosen by the ''New York Times Book Review'' as one of the seven best books of 2002. Her second historical undertaking was ''The Three Emperors'', which was a group biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and King George V, all world leaders during the First World War. Carter also has written several novels, notably ''The Strangler Vine'' and its sequel ''The Infidel Stain'', which was later republished as ''The Printer's Coffin''. Her third mystery is entitled ''The Devil's Feast''. All three are

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detective and mystery stories.

Personal life

Carter is married to John Lanchester, with whom she has two children, and lives in London.

Accolades

*2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Biography), ''The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One'', shortlist *2002 Whitbread Biography Award, ''Anthony Blunt: His Lives'', shortlist *2002 The Royal Society of Literature Award, ''Anthony Blunt: His Lives'' *2002 Orwell Prize, ''Anthony Blunt: His Lives'' *2002 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for biography), ''Anthony Blunt: His Lives'', shortlist *2002 Duff Cooper Prize, ''Anthony Blunt: His Lives'', shortlist *2002 Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger for Non-Fiction, ''Anthony Blunt: His Lives'', shortlist *2001 Guardian First Book Award, ''Anthony Blunt: His Lives'', shortlist

Bibliography

*''Anthony Blunt: His Lives''. London, Macmillan. 2001. *''The Three Emperors: Three cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One''. London, Penguin. 2009.

Avery & Blake Series

*''The Strangler Vine''. London, Fig Tree. 2014. *''The Infidel Stain'' r''The Printer's Coffin''. London, Fig Tree. 2015. *''The Devil's Feast''. London, Fig Tree. 2016.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Miranda 1965 births Living people Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford English biographers English non-fiction writers Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature People educated at St Paul's Girls' School Writers from London Women biographers English women non-fiction writers 21st-century English women writers 21st-century biographers James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients