Adele Parks
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Biography
Parks is from Teesside, near Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire.[1] She decided she wanted to be a writer at the age of seven. She studied English at the University of Leicester. Before becoming a novelist, Parks worked in advertising and management consultancy.[2] Her debut novel, Playing Away, was released in 2000.[3]
As of January 2025, she has sold more than 5.5 million UK edition copies of her novels[4] and her books have been translated into 31 languages.[4]Template:Better citation needed Every one of her 23 novels are bestsellers in the UK.
She was awarded with an MBE in the New Year Honours List 2022.[5] She was a judge of the Costa Book Awards in 2010 and has regularly been the judge of the Costa Short Story Awards. In 2009 she was awarded an honorary doctorate, a Doctor of Letters, by Teesside University. Her Quick Read book, Happy Families, won the Learners' Favourite Award. She is an ambassador for literacy charity The Reading Agency and a Patron of the National Literacy Trust. She is also a Patron of The Guildford Book Festival.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Lies, Lies, Lies was shortlisted for the 2020 Fiction Book of the Year in the British Book Awards.[6]
In 2020, Parks entered a deal with MPCA and Engage Productions for cinematic adaptations of her books.[7]
Personal life
Parks has been married twice, divorcing her first husband aged 32.[3] She has an adult son, Conrad.[8]
Works
- Playing Away (2000)
- Game Over (2001)
- Larger Than Life (2002)
- The Other Woman's Shoes (2003)
- Still Thinking of You (2004)
- Husbands (2005)
- Young Wives' Tales (2007)
- Happy Families (2008)
- Tell Me Something (2008)
- Love Lies (2009)
- Men I've Loved Before (2010)
- About Last Night (2011)
- Whatever It Takes (2012)
- The State We're In (2013)3
- Spare Brides (2014)
- If You Go Away (2015)
- Love Is a Journey (2016)
- The Stranger in My Home (2016)
- The Image of You (2017)
- I Invited Her In (2018)
- Lies Lies Lies (2019)
- Just My Luck (2020)
- Both of You (2021)
- One Last Secret (2022)
- Just Between Us (2023)
- First Wife's Shadow (2024)
References
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External links
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