Rosa Rankin-Gee

Rosa Rankin-Gee (born 1986) is a British writer based in Ramsgate.[1]

Rosa Rankin-Gee
Born1986 (age 37–38)
England
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipBritish

Rankin-Gee was brought up in Kensal Rise, London.[2] She studied at Durham University.[3] After leaving university with a degree in modern languages she moved to Sark in the Channel Islands, where she worked as a private cook.[4] Her first novella, The Last Kings of Sark, won the inaugural Paris Literary Prize in 2011 and was later published by Virago.[4]

Rankin-Gee's second novel, Dreamland was published in 2021. The novel is set in a future version of Margate, taking its title from the amusement park in the town called Dreamland. [5][6]

References
  1. "Métro - Rosa Rankin-Gee". Asymptote. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. "Rosa Rankin-Gee Authors Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. "An Interview with Rosa Rankin-Gee". The Bubble. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
    - "Hatfield College : Alumni". Durham University. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. "Rosa Rankin-Gee". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. The Guardian (15 April 2021). "Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee review – first love and rising tides". The Guardian.
  6. Simon and Schuster (26 May 2022). Dreamland. Scribner. ISBN 978-1-4711-9384-2.


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