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Alison Joseph

b. 1958

British crime writer

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Born 1958. Alison Joseph is a British novelist.

Alison Joseph is an English crime writer based in London where she was born and raised. She studied French and Philosophy at Leeds University, and started her career as a documentary director, making programmes for Channel 4. The first in her crime series, featuring detective nun Sister Agnes, was published in 1993. She has also written for radio, including adaptations of Georges Simenon’s Maigret. She was Chair of the Crime Writers' Association from 2013 to 2015. The next Sister Agnes novel, The Judas Chalice, will be published in 2024.

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1958, England
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University of Leeds, Highgate Wood Secondary School

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Who is Alison Joseph?

British crime writer

When was Alison Joseph born?

Alison Joseph was born in 1958 in England.

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Alison Joseph is a novelist.

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Alison Joseph is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alison Joseph

· Wikidata: Q14949200

· DBpedia: Alison Joseph

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