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Laura Thompson
Author
Laura Thompson is the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters." Her other books include "Life in a Cold Climate," a biography of Nancy Mitford, and "Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life, and The Dogs," winner of the Somerset Maugham award. She lives in London.