Born: 5-Jun-1939
Birthplace: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Millstone

Father: John F. Drabble
Mother: Kathleen Marie Bloor (teacher)
Sister: A. S. Byatt (novelist, b. 24-Aug-1936)
Husband: Clive Swift (actor, m. 1960, div. 1975, one daughters, two sons)
Daughter: Rebecca
Son: Adam
Son: Joseph
Husband: Michael Holroyd (biographer, b. 27-Aug-1935, m. 1982)

    University: Newnham College, Cambridge University

    Commander of the British Empire 1980

Author of books:
A Summer Bird Cage (1962, novel)
The Garrick Year (1964, novel)
The Millstone (1966, novel)
Jerusalem the Golden (1967, novel)
The Needle's Eye (1972, novel)
The Realms of Gold (1975, novel)
The Ice Age (1977, novel)
The Middle Ground (1980, novel)
The Radiant Way (1987, novel)
A Natural Curiosity (1989, novel)
The Gates of Ivory (1991, novel)
The Witch of Exmoor (1998, novel)
The Peppered Moth (2001, novel)

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