Louise Bagshawe

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Louise Bagshawe
Louise Bagshawe
Born June 28, 1971 (1971-06-28) (age 36)
London, United Kingdom
Political party Conservative
Spouse Anthony LoCicero
Relations Tilly Bagshawe (sister)
Children 3
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford
Profession Author

Louise Bagshawe (born 28 June 1971) is a British author and politician. She is a writer of "chick-lit" fiction and is the Conservative Party candidate for Corby at the next general election.

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[edit] Biography

Louise Bagshawe
Born June 28, 1971 (1971-06-28) (age 36)
London, United Kingdom
Occupation Novelist
Politician
Genres "Chick lit"

Bagshawe was born in London in 1971 and her family moved to the country when she was seven. After being educated at Woldingham School, a Catholic girls' boarding school in Surrey, she was named Young Poet of the Year in 1989 at the age of 18. She studied English literature at Christ Church, Oxford before becoming an author, after a spell in the music industry, specialising in the "chick lit" genre aimed towards young women. Her first novel, Career Girls, was published in 1995.

Alongside her novelist career, Bagshawe became a political activist. At the age of fourteen she joined the Conservative Party, after being inspired by then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[1] In 1996, however, she defected to Tony Blair's Labour Party believing him to be "socially liberal but an economic Tory".[2] By 1997 she had returned to the Conservatives and helped her mother, Daphne, win a seat in East Sussex County Council from the Liberal Democrats.[1]

Bagshawe was placed on the A List of Conservative candidates for the next general election. This move was criticised by some as favouring minor celebrities, such as Bagshawe, over local candidates when selecting who to stand in constituencies.[3] In October 2006 she was selected to stand in Corby.[4]

She is involved with charities which support the homeless, child welfare and victims of HIV and AIDS. Bagshawe is a primary school governor and has been involved in hospital and hospice fundraising. With other bestselling authors she has supported War Child, a charity which provides relief for orphaned victims of the conflict in Bosnia.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Career Girls (1995)
  • The Movie (1996)
  • Tall Poppies (1997)
  • Venus Envy (1998)
  • A Kept Woman (2000)
  • When She Was Bad... (2001)
  • The Devil You Know (2003)
  • Monday's Child (2004)
  • Tuesday's Child (2005)
  • Sparkles (2006)
  • Glamour (2007)
  • Glitz (2008)

[edit] Personal life

Bagshawe is married to Anthony LoCicero and has three children.[1] She is the sister of Tilly Bagshawe, a freelance journalist who published Adored in July 2005.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Louise Bagshawe profile, Conservatives.com.
  2. ^ "'He sees women as equals'", BBC News, 2006-06-05. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 
  3. ^ "'Beautiful' Tory list under fire", The Guardian, 2006-04-19. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 
  4. ^ 'Chick-lit' author to stand at next general election, Northampton Chronicle, 13 October 2006. Retrieved on 28 April 2008.

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