Authors / person-kate-summerscale

Kate Summerscale

British writer.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1997—2020

Recognition span

Author in the index

Kate Summerscale has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1997 and 2020. The records span 3 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction2

Edgar Awards2

Costa Book Awards1

Subject profile

True Crime & Justice2

Biography1

Society & Culture1

Indexed works

Books by Kate Summerscale

4 books · sorted by recognition

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill HouseTrue Crime & Justice200812 pts The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost StorySociety & Culture20204 pts The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child MurdererTrue Crime & Justice—4 pts Queen of Whale CayBiography19982 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2008	The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House	True Crime & Justice	12	1	2	Unknown
2020	The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story	Society & Culture	4	0	1	Bloomsbury
—	The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer	True Crime & Justice	4	1	1	Unknown
1998	Queen of Whale Cay	Biography	2	0	1	Penguin Books

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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