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English writer (born 1961)

Not to be confused with Kate Moss.

Katherine Louise MosseCBE (born 1961) is a British novelist, non-fiction and short story writer and broadcaster.

She is best known for her 2005 novel Labyrinth, which has been translated into more than 37 languages. She co-founded in 1996 the annual award for best UK-published English-language novel by a woman that is now known as the Women's Prize for Fiction.

Early life and career

Mosse was born in Chichester, and raised in Fishbourne, West Sussex, the eldest of three sisters born to a solicitor, Richard (1920–2011) and Barbara (1931–2014).^[1] Mosse's aunt was involved in the campaign for the ordination of women and her grandfather was a vicar.^[2] She was educated at Chichester High School For Girls^{[citation needed]} and New College, Oxford,^[3] from where she graduated in 1984 with a BA (Hons) in English.

After leaving university, she spent seven years wo