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Angela Carter was born on May 7 in Inverness, Scotland -
She graduated from the University of Bristol with a B.A. in English Literature -
Carter moved to Japan, where she worked as an English teacher and began writing her first stories -
She returned to Great Britain and began to publish her work. Her first book, a collection of short stories titled “Journey to Another Planet” was published -
Carter published her first novel, Shadow Dance, which received positive reviews from critics -
Carter began working on a French translation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Notes of Sherlock Holmes. This translation, published in 1980, became a real bestseller and brought her international fame -
Carter received the prestigious James Tate Black Literary Award for her novel The Night Circus -
She was awarded the Booker Prize for her novel On the Edge of the Fog -
Angela Carter died of lung cancer in London at the age of 51