Victoria Scott (British author)
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Victoria Scott is a British writer and journalist. Her debut novel, Patience.[1], was published[2] in hardback by Head of Zeus in August 2021, and her second novel, Grace[3], in July 2022. Both were published as audio books by WF Howes[4]. Patience is also published in German translation by Droemer Knaur, with the new title Besonders Glucklich[5]
Early life and journalism career
Scott grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern, Worcestershire and attended King's College London and City, University of London|City University, where she gained a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism[6]. She has worked as a journalist for a variety of outlets including the BBC[7], Doha News[8]Doha News the Telegraph[9] and Al Jazeera. While at the BBC, she was a specialist producer in Transport. During her time in Qatar, Scott was a regular columnist for The Telegraph[10] and host of the QF Radio show Meet the Philharmonic[11].
She has been a lecturer at Kingston University since 2021.[12]
Novels
Patience, Scott's debut novel, was named the Booksellers' Association Fiction Book of the Month in its first month of sales[13] and Debut of the Month by LoveReading[14]. Victoria appeared on numerous radio shows, live streaming events[15] and podcasts to talk about the book, including the disability podcast The Way We Roll [16] and the Rett podcast Reverse Rett[17].
Campaigning
Victoria Scott and fellow author Penny Batchelor successfully campaigned in the Spring of 2022[18] for Amazon to add a Disability Fiction category for adults.
Scott's debut novel, Patience, was inspired by her sister Clare, who has Rett syndrome[19]. It featured the ethical issues that surround gene therapy.
Interviewed in the Guardian[20] about her novel Patience, Scott said: “I feel like society pushes people like my sister into the shadows, and it doesn’t acknowledge them … so when I wrote Patience, I wanted her to be an awesome character. She’s funny. She’s a bit sweary. She’s a massive Take That fan. And she’s got all these different parts of her personality. She’s a really interesting, multifaceted human being.”
References
- ↑ Scott, Victoria (2021). Patience. [S.l.]: HEAD OF ZEUS. ISBN 1-80024-088-0. OCLC 1202055466.
- ↑ "Head of Zeus strikes two-book deal with debut author Victoria Scott". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ Scott, Victoria (2022). Grace. London. ISBN 978-1-80024-092-6. OCLC 1314284911.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Search - W.F.Howes Ltd". www.wfhowes.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ value, active. "Verlag Droemer Knaur". Droemer Knaur (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Victoria Scott - Academic profiles - Kingston University London". www.kingston.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Rett syndrome: My sister and I have never spoken". BBC News. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ↑ "Victoria Scott". Doha News | Qatar. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ↑ "Victoria Scott". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ↑ "Victoria Scott". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ "FACT Magazine Qatar June 2012 by Fact Magazine - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ↑ "Victoria Scott - Academic profiles - Kingston University London". www.kingston.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ↑ "Booksellers Association - Fiction Book of the Month and Children's Book of the Month announced for August". The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Patience by Victoria Scott". www.lovereading.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ Hillingdon Libraries - Patience by Victoria Scott | Facebook, retrieved 2022-05-24
- ↑ Roll, The Way We. "The Way We Roll - Disability and ability coexist". Google Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ "Episode #23 Victoria Scott". Reverse Rett. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ↑ "Authors welcome new Amazon adult disability fiction category". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Rett syndrome: My sister and I have never spoken". BBC News. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ↑ "Changing the narrative on disability: is representation in books getting better?". the Guardian. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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