Lottie Moggach
Lottie Moggach | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Journalist and author |
| Notable work | Kiss Me First (2013) |
| Partner | Chris Atkins |
| Mother | Deborah Moggach |
| Awards | Portsmouth First Fiction Award |
Lottie Moggach is an English journalist and author. Her mother is the author Deborah Moggach.
Career
Her debut novel, Kiss Me First, was published in 2013. It is about Leila, a woman who is obsessed with computers, who helps a woman called Tess disappear without anyone realising by taking over Tess's email and social media accounts.[1] It won the Portsmouth First Fiction Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Specsavers National Book Awards.[2] The book was adapted into a television series.[3]
In 2017, she published her second novel Under the Sun. It is set in 2008 and centres on Anna, who has moved from London to Southern Spain with her partner, Michael. The story focuses on what happens after he leaves her suddenly.[4] While it begins as a love story, it turns into something more political and focuses on topics such as displacement and institutional racism.[5]
Moggach's third novel, Brixton Hill, was published in 2020. It focuses on Rob, a prisoner coming to the end of his sentence in an open prison who is allowed to work in a charity shop where he meets a woman called Steph.[6]
Moggach's fourth novel, Mrs Pearcey, was published in 2026 by Phoenix.[7][8] It was inspired by the true story of the murders committed by Mary Peachey.[9] which she discussed on the BBC Radio 4 programme Start the Week.[10]
Her work as a journalist has appeared in The Times, Financial Times, Time Out, Elle, and GQ.[11]
Personal life
She is the daughter of author Deborah Moggach.[1] Lottie was in a relationship with Chris Atkins; the pair remain close and have one son.[12]
References
- ^ a b Kappala-Ramsamy, Gemma. "Debut author: Lottie Moggach | Fiction | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Lottie Moggach". Pan Macmillan. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Nelson, Samantha (29 June 2018). "Netflix's Kiss Me First has an unusually personal take on gamer culture". www.theverge.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Unsworth, Emma Jane (22 July 2017). "Under the Sun by Lottie Moggach review – summer noir on the Spanish coast | Thrillers | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Apostolides, Zoë (14 July 2017). "Under the Sun by Lottie Moggach — the finca question". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Kellaway, Kate (30 August 2020). "Brixton Hill by Lottie Moggach review – close encounters with a con". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Carrier, Dan (5 February 2026). "Ripping yarn: revisiting the harrowing 'Camden Town murders'". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ Craig, Amanda (31 January 2026). "Horror in Victorian Hampstead: Mrs Pearcey, by Lottie Moggach, reviewed". spectator.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
- ^ "Mrs Pearcey by Lottie Moggach | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Why we should read". BBC. 2 March 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ "Q & A with Lottie Moggach, author of Kiss Me First". Foyles. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Moggach, Lottie; Deborah Moggach (1 August 2020). "'We didn't use the word prison': our family's two-year sentence". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2022.