Christy watson biography of albert

British writer

Christie Watson is a British writer and Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of East Anglia.^[1] She worked as a nurse for more than twenty years, before becoming an author.^[2] She has written six books, including her first novel Tiny Sunbirds Far Away (2011), which won the Costa First Novel Award,^[3][4] and first memoir The Language of Kindness (2018), which was a number-one Sunday Times Bestseller.^[5] Her work has been translated into 23 languages and adapted for theatre.^[6] Her latest book Moral Injuries is currently being developed as a television series.^[7]

Career

Her nursing career included Great Ormond Street Hospital, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, and Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. 

She won the Malcolm Bradbury Bursary, which enabled her to take an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, from where she graduated in 2009.^&