Madeleine Wickham

A life in dates

1. 12 December 1969: Born – Roehampton, London, England
2. 1991: Marries Henry Wickham – She married Henry Wickham, whom she had met while studying at Oxford.
3. 1995: The Tennis Party – Novel
4. 1995: The Tennis Party – Awards, Betty Trask Prize and Awards
5. February 2009: Confessions of a Shopaholic is released as a film – Her Shopaholic novels, written as Sophie Kinsella, were adapted into the Hollywood film Confessions of a Shopaholic.
6. 2022: Is diagnosed with glioblastoma – She was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in late 2022, and made the illness public in 2024.
7. 10 December 2025: Died – Dorset, England, Aged 55.