Isabel Colegate


Isabel Diana Colegate is a British author and literary agent.

Biography

She was born in Lincolnshire, the daughter of Sir Arthur Colegate and Winifred Mary Colegate, and was educated at Runton Hill School in Norfolk. She lived at Midford Castle near Bath, until 2007. Anthony Blond set up his own firm in 1952, Anthony Blond Ltd, in partnership with Isabel Colegate.
In 1953 she married Michael Briggs, and the couple have two sons and a daughter.
Her novel The Shooting Party was adapted as an award-winning film of the same name, released in 1985 by Castle Hill Productions Inc. In 2010, it was adapted for radio by the BBC.

Awards and honours