Sara Maitland (born 27 February 1950) is a British writer of religious fantasy. A novelist, she is also known for her short stories. Her work has a magic realist tendency.
Sara Maitland
Born
Sarah Louise Maitland (1950-02-27) 27 February 1950 (age 73) London, United Kingdom
Occupation
Writer of short stories, novelist, amateur theologian
Sarah (later "Sara") Louise Maitland[1] was born in London as the second of six children of Adam Maitland (a descendant of the judge Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan)[2] and Hope Baillie Fraser-Campbell. Adam Maitland's mother, Cecil Louise, was from the Scottish family of Mackenzie of Portmore descending from Colin Mackenzie of Portmore, friend of Walter Scott.[3][4] Maitland has described her upper-class London family[5] as "very open and noisy".[6] In her childhood she went to school in a small Wiltshire town[7] and attended St Mary's, a girls' boarding school in Calne, from the age of 12 until her admission to university. Maitland thought this school a terrible place and became very excitable.[8]
Growing up, Maitland developed a wild reputation: in 1966 she scandalised one of her brothers by winning a foot race in a very short cotton dress.[9] On entering Oxford University in 1968 to study English, she became friends with future US President Bill Clinton[10] "and a regular visitor at 46 Leckford Road, a house Clinton shared with Frank Aller, Jana (Jan) Brenning and Strobe Talbott".[11][12] She suffered from problems of mental disarray and inability to carry out routine tasks.[13] During her college years, Maitland was taken to a mental hospital on several occasions for this reason,[14] but she completed her course and soon turned to writing.
She has two adult children.[16] Maitland's daughter Polly Lee is an actress best known for her work on the American television series The Americans and Gotham.[17] Maitland's son Adam Lee is a photographer best known for his photographic series Identity Documents and his work with Look - Liverpool International Photography Festival.[18] Since Adam left college, Maitland has moved towards a solitary and prayerful life[19] in a variety of locations, first of all on the Isle of Skye and ultimately in her present house in Galloway. She says today that she wants to avoid most of the comforts of life, especially those that intrude into her quest for silence such as mobile phones, radio, television and even her son.[20] She has described these changes in her life and the experiences leading to them in the autobiographical A Book of Silence. Maitland lectures part-time for Lancaster University's MA in Creative Writing and is a Fellow of St Chad's College, Durham University.
Maitland's 2003 collection of short stories, On Becoming a Fairy Godmother, is a fictional celebration of the menopausal woman, while the title story of 2008's Far North was originally published as "True North" in her first collection Telling Tales and was made into a film of the same title in 2007. The rest of Far North collects dark mythological tales from around the world.
Sage, Lorna, ed. (1999). "Sara Maitland". The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 414. ISBN9780521668132. maitland.
Referencesedit
^Genealogies of Kentucky Families- From the Filson Club History Quarterly, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981, p. 419
^Burke's Landed Gentry, 19th edition, vol. 1, The Kingdom of Scotland, ed. Peter Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2001, p. 884
^Genealogies of Kentucky Families- From the Filson Club History Quarterly, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981, p. 419
^Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1219
^Roberts, Michele (14 November 2008). . The Independent (Review). Archived from the original on 11 June 2009.
^Hoffman, Matthew; "The Bill Clinton We Knew at Oxford: Apart from smoking dope (and not inhaling), what else did he learn over here? College friends share their memories with Matthew Hoffman"; in The Independent, 11 October 1992.
^"Clinton's London Affair Just SAX"; in Los Angeles Times, 4 July 1993; p. 24.
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Sara Maitland born 27 February 1950 is a British writer of religious fantasy A novelist she is also known for her short stories Her work has a magic realist tendency Sara MaitlandBornSarah Louise Maitland 1950 02 27 27 February 1950 age 73 London United KingdomOccupationWriter of short stories novelist amateur theologianNationalityBritishPeriod1978 presentGenreNonfiction fiction theology gardeningSubjectChristianity saints lives of women mythology fairy talesNotable worksDaughter of Jerusalem True North Far North short story A Big Enough God A Book of SilenceNotable awardsSomerset Maugham Award 1979 Daughter of Jerusalem Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize nomination 2009 A Book of SilenceBBC National Short Story Award runner up 2009 Moss Witch Websitesaramaitland wbr com Contents 1 Life and career 2 Bibliography 2 1 Novels 2 2 Short story collections 2 3 Non fiction 2 4 As editor 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksLife and career editSarah later Sara Louise Maitland 1 was born in London as the second of six children of Adam Maitland a descendant of the judge Thomas Maitland Lord Dundrennan 2 and Hope Baillie Fraser Campbell Adam Maitland s mother Cecil Louise was from the Scottish family of Mackenzie of Portmore descending from Colin Mackenzie of Portmore friend of Walter Scott 3 4 Maitland has described her upper class London family 5 as very open and noisy 6 In her childhood she went to school in a small Wiltshire town 7 and attended St Mary s a girls boarding school in Calne from the age of 12 until her admission to university Maitland thought this school a terrible place and became very excitable 8 Growing up Maitland developed a wild reputation in 1966 she scandalised one of her brothers by winning a foot race in a very short cotton dress 9 On entering Oxford University in 1968 to study English she became friends with future US President Bill Clinton 10 and a regular visitor at 46 Leckford Road a house Clinton shared with Frank Aller Jana Jan Brenning and Strobe Talbott 11 12 She suffered from problems of mental disarray and inability to carry out routine tasks 13 During her college years Maitland was taken to a mental hospital on several occasions for this reason 14 but she completed her course and soon turned to writing Maitland originally became regarded as one of those at the vanguard of the 1970s feminist movement and is often described as a feminist writer citation needed She has been absorbed in religion since 1972 From 1972 to 1993 she was married to an Anglican priest but divorced in 1993 and became a Roman Catholic 15 In 1995 she worked with Stanley Kubrick on the film A I Artificial Intelligence She has two adult children 16 Maitland s daughter Polly Lee is an actress best known for her work on the American television series The Americans and Gotham 17 Maitland s son Adam Lee is a photographer best known for his photographic series Identity Documents and his work with Look Liverpool International Photography Festival 18 Since Adam left college Maitland has moved towards a solitary and prayerful life 19 in a variety of locations first of all on the Isle of Skye and ultimately in her present house in Galloway She says today that she wants to avoid most of the comforts of life especially those that intrude into her quest for silence such as mobile phones radio television and even her son 20 She has described these changes in her life and the experiences leading to them in the autobiographical A Book of Silence Maitland lectures part time for Lancaster University s MA in Creative Writing and is a Fellow of St Chad s College Durham University Maitland s 2003 collection of short stories On Becoming a Fairy Godmother is a fictional celebration of the menopausal woman while the title story of 2008 s Far North was originally published as True North in her first collection Telling Tales and was made into a film of the same title in 2007 The rest of Far North collects dark mythological tales from around the world Bibliography editNovels edit Daughter of Jerusalem 1978 winner of Somerset Maugham Award 1979 also published as The Languages of Love Virgin Territory 1984 Arky Types 1987 with Michelene Wandor Three Times Table 1991 Home Truths 1993 published as Ancestral Truths in the United States Hagiographies 1998 Brittle Joys 1999Short story collections edit Telling Tales 1983 A Book of Spells 1987 Women Fly When Men Aren t Watching 1992 Angel and Me for Holy Week 1996 On Becoming A Fairy Godmother Maia 2003 Far North amp Other Dark Tales 2008 Moss Witch 2013Non fiction edit A Map of the New Country Women and Christianity 1983 Vesta Tilley Virago 1986 A Big Enough God Artful Theology Mowbray 1994 Virtuous Magic Women Saints and Their Meanings with Wendy Mulford 1998 Novel Thoughts Religious Fiction in Contemporary Culture Erasmus Institute 1999 Awesome God Creation Commitment and Joy SPCK 2002 The Write Guide with Martin Goodman New Writing North 2007 Stations of the Cross with Chris Gollon 2009 A Book of Silence Granta 2008 hardcover 2009 paperback Gossip from the Forest the Tangled Roots of our Forests and Fairytales ISBN 9781847084293 Granta 2012 How to Be Alone in The School of Life series ISBN 9780230768086 Picador 2014As editor edit Very Heaven Looking Back at the 1960s 1988 The Rushdie File 1990 with Lisa Appignanesi Notes editSage Lorna ed 1999 Sara Maitland The Cambridge Guide to Women s Writing in English Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 414 ISBN 9780521668132 maitland References edit Genealogies of Kentucky Families From the Filson Club History Quarterly Genealogical Publishing Company 1981 p 419 Burke s Landed Gentry 19th edition vol 1 The Kingdom of Scotland ed Peter Beauclerk Dewar Burke s Peerage Ltd 2001 p 884 Genealogies of Kentucky Families From the Filson Club History Quarterly Genealogical Publishing Company 1981 p 419 Burke s Peerage Baronetage and Knightage 107th ed vol 1 ed Charles Mosley Burke s Peerage Ltd 2003 p 1219 Roberts Michele 14 November 2008 A Book of Silence By Sara Maitland The Independent Review Archived from the original on 11 June 2009 Maitland Sara The Swans Maitland Sara editor Very Heaven Looking Back at the 1960s p 5 ISBN 0 86068 958 1 Maitland Very Heaven p 4 Maitland Very Heaven p 5 Brenning Jana Hoffman Matthew The Bill Clinton We Knew at Oxford Apart from smoking dope and not inhaling what else did he learn over here College friends share their memories with Matthew Hoffman in The Independent 11 October 1992 Clinton s London Affair Just SAX in Los Angeles Times 4 July 1993 p 24 Is there a link between madness and creativity in The Independent on Sunday 18 March 2007 Is there a link between madness and creativity Brown Andrew Church Group Reported for Sex Bias in The Independent 9 April 1993 About Sara Archived from the original on 11 September 2012 Polly Lee at IMDb Adam Lee Photography www adamleephotography com Sara Maitland A Very Unlikely Modern Hermit The Independent All quiet on the western front www scotsman com External links editOfficial website nbsp Sara Maitland at British Council Literature Orlando Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sara Maitland amp oldid 1185508385, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
