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Angela Carter was born in Sussex in 1940 and read English at Bristol University.From 1976 to 1978 she was Arts Council of Great Britain Fellow in Creative Writing at Sheffield University and from 1980 to 1981 Visiting Professor in the writing program at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Angela Carter was born in Sussex in 1940 and read English at Bristol University.From 1976 to 1978 she was Arts Council of Great Britain Fellow in Creative Writing at Sheffield University and from 1980 to 1981 Visiting Professor in the writing program at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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She published her first novel, ‘Shadow Dance’, in 1966 and a year later, she won a prestigious award for her second novel, ‘The Magical Toyshop’, which was adapted for a film later on.

After printing her third and fourth novels, ‘Several Perceptions’ and ‘Heroes and Villains’, she relocated to Japan, where she worked as a journalist for three years.

During her time in Japan, she authored ‘Love’, in 1971 and ‘The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman’, in 1972. Her time in Japan was one that was dotted with self-discovery and her experience of gender relations in Japan forced her to become radicalized.

In 1974, she published a collection of popular short-stories in a publication titled, ‘Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces’. Around this time, she also contributed regularly to ‘New Society’, a political magazine.

In 1978, Angela Carter wrote a controversial essay 'The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography'. In the essay she offered a a generally positive interpretation of the works of the Marquis de Sade. She rgued that the Marquis de Sade was one of the first writers who viewed the function of women as something that transcended the function of producing babies.

In 1979, she came up with her most renowned work 'The Bloody Chamber', which was a collection of short stories. The book received much critical acclaim.

While writing these books, she also held a number of important academic offices at institutes like Brown University, University of Adelaide, University of East Anglia and University of Sheffield.

She also contributed a string of articles to important publications like ‘The Independent’, ‘New Statesman’ and ‘The Guardian’.

In 1984, she published three important works which include, ‘Black Venus’, ‘Come unto These Yellow Sands: Four Radio Plays’ and ‘Nights at the Circus’. The same year, she helped in the production of the movie ‘The Company of Wolves’, which is based on the novel of the same name written by Carter.

In 1987, she was involved in aiding the production of the film adaptation of her popular novel, ‘The Magic Toyshop’.

In 1990, she published ‘The Virago Book of Fairy Tales’. Her last work, titled, ‘Wise Children’, was published the next year. She began working on ‘The Curious Room’, a collection of several plays and scripts by her. However, the book was published four years after her death.

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In 1979, she penned ‘The Bloody Chamber’, a short-fiction book. It became one of her most significant works, winning the Cheltenham Festival Literary Prize, the same year of its publication. The novel earned heavy acclaim from numerous critics and readers. Some of the stories in the book were later adapted for radio and film such as ‘The Company of Wolves’. ‘The Bloody Chamber’ also became the subject for a popular theatrical adaptation.

‘Nights at the Circus’, published in 1984 was honored with the ‘James Tait Black Memorial Prize’ for the category of fiction. The book is regarded as one of her best-known works because it integrates facets of postfeminism, postmodernism and magical realism. The popularity of the novel spawned a stage adaptation by Tom Morris and Emma Rice, in 2006.

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She won the Somerset Maugham Award for ‘Several Perceptions’, in 1969.

Angela Carter was ranked #10 in ‘The Times’ list of ‘The 50 greatest British writers since 1945’.

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Angela Carter died on the 16 February 1992, at the age of 51.