Miranda Jane Seymour (born 1948), is an English literary critic, novelist, and biographer.
Miranda Seymour was two years old when her father, George Seymour, was able to reacquire the family's ancestral home in Nottinghamshire. The one hundred room Jacobean mansion is on the south bank of the River Trent at the small village of Thrumpton. She was raised by a father who loved racing motorbikes and classic cars, aided by living not far from the famous Donington Park racetrack. An author of children's books, novels, and biographies, Miranda Seymour began writing at a young age. In addition to her own works, she has written reviews and articles for a number of leading newspapers and literary journals, including The Times and its Literary Supplement, The Economist, the Listener , and the Evening Standard amongst others. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting Professor of English Studies at the Nottingham Trent University, Seymour is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
In 1972 she married Andrew Annandale Sinclair and now lives and works in London but is also the owner of her ancestral home known as Thrumpton Hall. A few years ago she came across material on Hellé Nice, a long forgotten French female Grand Prix motor racing driver from the 1930s. Her interest piqued, she travelled to France and after extensive research, in 2004 Seymour published a highly acclaimed book about Hellé Nice's extraordinary and ultimately tragic life.
Partial bibliography (biographies):
- (2004)
- Brief History of Thyme (2002)
- Mary Shelley (book)Mary Shelley (2001)
- (1995)
- (1993)
- - Miranda Seymour (1988)
