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This article is about the novelist. For the applied mathematician, see Sarah L. Waters. Sarah Ann Waters OBE (born 21 July 1966 [1]) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith .
Learn about Sarah Waters, the award-winning Welsh novelist of historical fiction and crime novels. Explore her books, biography, awards and latest news on her official website.
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- Fingersmith.
- Tipping the Velvet.
- The Paying Guests.
- The Little Stranger.
- Tipping The Velvet. 'Intelligent, witty and stylish' INDEPEDENT 'Everyone's appetites will be satisfied' ELLE MAGAZINE 'Waters is an author to cherish' GUARDIAN Celebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago's history, from the 1970s to today.
- Affinity. 'Affinity is the work of an intense and atmospheric imagination . . . Sarah Waters is such an interesting writer, a kind of feminist Dickens' Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Daily Telegraph Set in and around the women's prison at Milbank in the 1870s, Affinity is an eerie and utterly compelling ghost story,… Read More.
- Fingersmith. A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS) The book that inspired Park Chan-wook's astonishing film The Handmaiden.
- The Night Watch. Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize 'Brilliantly done . . .
Sarah Waters is a Welsh-born novelist who has written six acclaimed novels, including Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith, The Night Watch and The Little Stranger. She has won several awards, been adapted for TV and film, and received an OBE for services to literature.
Showing 30 distinct works. « previous 1 2 next » sort by. « previous 1 2 next » * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more books, click here . Sarah Waters has 36 books on Goodreads with 920004 ratings. Sarah Waters’s most popular book is Fingersmith.
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Tipping the Velvet is a 1998 debut novel by Welsh novelist Sarah Waters. A historical novel set in England during the 1890s, it tells a coming-of-age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her to London, and finds various ways to support herself as she journeys through the city.
