Victoria Hislop

Born in Bromley, she was raised in Tonbridge, Kent and attended Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls. She read English at St Hilda's College, Oxford and worked in publishing and as a journalist before becoming an author.[citation needed] She lived in London for over 20 years, and now lives in Sissinghurst.

Victoria Hislop é escritora e jornalista. Escreve artigos sobre viagens para o The Sunday Telegraph, artigos sobre educação para o Daily Telegraph e diversos artigos generalistas para a Woman & Home. Actualmente, vive em Kent com a sua família. Depois de publicar o seu primeiro romance, A Ilha, Victoria Hislop foi aclamada pela crítica e acarinhada por milhares de leitores.
She married Private Eye editor Ian Hislop on 16 April 1988 in Oxford. They have two children, Emily Helen (born 1990) and William David (born 1993).