Lottie moggach biography

English novelist and screenwriter (born 1948)

Deborah MoggachOBE FRSL (née Hough; born 28 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter.

She has written nineteen novels, including The Ex-Wives, Tulip Fever (made into the film of the same name), These Foolish Things (made into the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Heartbreak Hotel.

Early life and career

Moggach is one of four daughters of writers Charlotte Hough (née Woodyadd) and Richard Hough.

Lottie moggach biography

Moggach was brought up in Bushey, Hertfordshire and St John's Wood in London, and was educated at Camden School for Girls and Queen's College, London.^{[citation needed]}

She graduated from the University of Bristol in 1971 with a degree in English and trained as a teacher before going to work at Oxford University Press.

She lived in Pakistan for two years in the mid-1970s and in the United States.

Novels and other writings

Most of her novels are contemporary, tackling fami