![]() ![]() After leaving high school, Kinsella went to study music New College, Oxford, as she was an adept pianist and violinist. The author best known as Sophie Kinsella was born Madeleine Sophie Townley in London in 1969, the eldest of three girls. Together, the couple has five children (one daughter and four sons) after getting married in 1991. While at Oxford, she met Henry Wickham (who was the headmaster of Lockers Park boys prep school) he manages her affairs in business. This novel (“The Tennis Party”) would be hailed by everyone and make her a household name, not to mention a bestseller. Before becoming a novelist, she worked as a financial journalist, and it was here that she began working on her first novel. She is the oldest child of three daughters, all of whom write fiction. The name Sophie Kinsella is a combination of her mother’s maiden name (Kinsella) and her own middle name (Sophie). Madeleine Sophie Wickham (maiden name is Townley) was born December 12, 1969, she writes under the pen name of Sophie Kinsella and under her real name. ![]()
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