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Lauren Milne Henderson is an English freelance journalist and novelist who also writes as Rebecca Chance. Her books include "glamorous thrillers"/bonkbusters/chick lit, mysteries, Tart Noir, romantic comedies, and young adult. Her literary influences include Jackie Collins, Peter O'Donnell, Agatha Christie, Judith Krantz, Georgette Heyer, PG Woodhouse, Barbara Pym, and A. N. Roquelaure. Between 1996 and 2011 Henderson published 17 books under her own name. She began writing as (Rebecca Chance ) in 2009, and now writes novels exclusively as Rebecca Chance. == Biography == Lauren Henderson was born in Hampstead, London. She attended North London Collegiate School (the model for Wakefield Hall in the Scarlett Wakefield “Kiss” series) and then St Paul’s Girls' School (the model for St Tabby’s).〔https://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=12603&view=sml_sptlght〕 She then studied English Literature at Cambridge University. Henderson worked as a journalist for newspapers and music magazines including the New Statesman, Marxism Today, The Observer and Lime Lizard (an independent music magazine).〔https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17761.Lauren_Henderson〕 She then moved to Tuscany to write books and learn Italian. After eight years, she moved to Manhattan.〔http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/author/henderson-lauren/〕 Her experiences in the New York dating scene gave her the inspiration for the non-fiction dating book, ''Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating'' (Hyperion Books, 2005). With Sparkle Hayter and Katy Munger, Henderson created Tart Noir, the website. She later edited Tart Noir, the anthology, with Stella Duffy.〔http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/aug/07/bestbooks.fiction〕 She has been credited as the founder and godmother of the style. She also writes for UK-based publications, including Grazia, Cosmopolitan, The Guardian, the Mail on Sunday and The Telegraph. Henderson’s books have been translated into 20 languages. She has participated at literary and crime fiction festivals in the US, UK,〔http://www.laurenhenderson.net/tartcity/harrogate/index.html〕 and Australia, including being the International Guest Speaker and giving the opening address at the first (SheKilda festival )〔http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/womens-crime-writing/3489370〕 in 2001 in St Kilda. In 2010, Henderson interviewed Lindsey Davis for the Italian Cultural Institute’s reading series;〔http://www.crimetime.co.uk/mag/index.php/showarticle/1613〕 she also interviewed Davis in 2011 at Crimefest in Bristol.〔http://www.crimefest.com/PDF/2011_Programme.pdf〕 Henderson is featured in ''British Crime Writing: An Encyclopaedia'',〔http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/feature_view.aspx?FEATURE_ID=19〕 published in 2008 and edited by Barry Forshaw, and contributed an entry on Peter O’Donnell, author of the Modesty Blaise caper thrillers. She is the only author to have contributed two essays to the 2012 anthology ''Books to Die For'' (edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke), one on Agatha Christie’s ''Endless Night'' (as Lauren Henderson) and another on Dorothy L Sayers’s ''Have His Carcase'' (as Rebecca Chance). On October 28, 2014, the New York Times published "Murder, They Wrote," a travel article written by Laura Lippman and Rebecca Chance about a trip on the Orient Express. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lauren Henderson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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