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Madeleine Wickham


Born
in The United Kingdom
December 12, 1969

Died
December 10, 2025

Website

Genre
Fiction, Chick Lit


Madeleine Wickham (born 12 December 1969) was a bestselling British author under her pseudonym, Sophie Kinsella. Educated at New College, Oxford, she worked as a financial journalist before turning to fiction. She is best known for writing a popular series of chick-lit novels. The Shopaholic novels series focuses on the misadventures of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who cannot manage her own finances. The books follows her life from when her credit card debt first become overwhelming ("The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic") to the latest book on being married and having a child ("Shopaholic & Baby"). Throughout the entire series, her obsession with shopping and the complications that imparts on her life are central themes.

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Average rating: 3.36 · 143,777 ratings · 6,807 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors
Cocktails for Three
3.46 avg rating — 41,344 ratings — published 2001 — 57 editions
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The Wedding Girl
3.51 avg rating — 30,545 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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The Gatecrasher
3.32 avg rating — 26,374 ratings — published 1998 — 57 editions
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Sleeping Arrangements
3.29 avg rating — 25,866 ratings — published 2001 — 62 editions
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A Desirable Residence
2.98 avg rating — 7,170 ratings — published 1996 — 34 editions
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40 Love
3.01 avg rating — 6,815 ratings — published 1995 — 40 editions
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Swimming Pool Sunday
3.31 avg rating — 4,918 ratings — published 1997 — 23 editions
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Swimming Pool Sunday and Th...
3.04 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Cocktails for Three / The W...
3.48 avg rating — 146 ratings — 3 editions
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Wedding Cocktails: Cocktail...
3.72 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2016
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This English writer also moonlights as Sophie Kinsella, creator of the Shopaholic series. In her saucy comedy of manners, 40 Love, the nouveau...
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“Knowing a person isn't like knowing a string of facts. It's more like...a feeling.”
― Madeleine Wickham, The Wedding Girl
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“A tree falls in the forest, thought Roxanne, staring bleakly out of the window. A man tells a woman he loves her. But if no-one is present to hear it does he really make a sound? Did it really happen?”
― Madeleine Wickham, Cocktails for Three
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“The first rule of winning is to believe you're capable of winning.”
― Madeleine Wickham, 40 Love
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