Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson (born ) is an English novelist. She published her first novel, Meet Me at the Museum, at the age of 70 after a career in the motor industry

Early life and education Youngson was born in .

She has a BA in English literature from Birmingham University (1970), an MA in creative writing and a PhD from Oxford Brookes University (2012). Her doctoral thesis was Once upon a time: how stories start: it considered the opening words of short stories and included a group of stories written for the thesis.

Career

Youngson was a senior engineer at Rover before taking early retirement at the age of 56. It was adapted for broadcast by BBC Radio 4.

Selected publications