She is best known for her novel Labyrinth , which has been translated into more than 37 languages. She co-founded in the annual award for best UK-published English-language novel by a woman that is now known as the Women's Prize for Fiction. Mosse was born in Chichester , and raised in Fishbourne, West Sussex , the eldest of three sisters born to a solicitor , Richard — and Barbara — She left publishing in , for a writing career beginning with the non-fiction, Becoming a Mother.
Although best known for her adventure and ghost fiction, inspired by real history, Mosse's first two works were non-fiction. She then wrote two contemporary novels. Eskimo Kissing , about a young, adopted woman searching for her background, was well received when it was published in This was followed in by the biotech thriller, Crucifix Lane.
The first of the Languedoc Trilogy, Labyrinth , appeared in A number one bestseller internationally, it has sold millions of copies and was the bestselling title in the UK for A Labyrinth miniseries was broadcast in In October , the second novel in the trilogy, Sepulchre , was published.
While Mosse was researching the third and final novel in the trilogy, she released her novel The Winter Ghosts in , based on a novella she previously contributed to the Quick Reads Initiative. Film rights have been sold to Ruby Films. Citadel , the third novel in the trilogy, came out in and was also an international bestseller.
Inspired by the real history of the resistance in Carcassonne during World War II , it tells the story of an imagined all-female resistance unit. The second in the series, The City of Tears , [ 7 ] was published in Mosse has also contributed a number of essays and stories to anthologies and collections, including Modern Delight a book inspired by J.
