Candia McWilliam

Novelist

Birthday July 1, 1955

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Scotland

Age 68 years old

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About

An award-winning Scottish author, she is best known for A Little Stranger (1989), Debatable Land (1994), and Wait Till I Tell You (1997). Her 2010 memoir, What to Look for in Winter, describes her progressive loss of eyesight.

Before Fame

She attended Girton College, Cambridge, where she earned first-class honors. She published her first novel, A Case of Knives, in 1988.

Trivia

Her novel, Debatable Land, won the Guardian Fiction Prize.

Family Life

She had two children with her first husband, Quentin Wallop. With her second husband, Fram Dinshaw, she had a third child.

Associated With

Like fellow Scottish author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, McWilliam has been recognized all over the world for her literary work.