Rosa Rankin-Gee | |
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Born | 1986 (age 37–38) England |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | British |
Rosa Rankin-Gee (born 1986) is a British writer based in Ramsgate.[1]
Rankin-Gee was brought up in Kensal Rise, London.[2] She studied at Durham University.[3] After leaving university with a degree in modern languages she moved to Sark in the Channel Islands, where she worked as a private cook.[4] Her first novella, The Last Kings of Sark, won the inaugural Paris Literary Prize in 2011 and was later published by Virago.[4]
Rankin-Gee's second novel, Dreamland was published in 2021. The novel is set in a future version of Margate, taking its title from the amusement park in the town called Dreamland. [5][6]