DEBORAH MOGGACH

A novelist and screenwriter, Deborah Moggach is the author of These Foolish Things, which was later adapted into the hit movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, starring Academy Awardwinners Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.

Her 2005 screenplay for director Joe Wright’s adaptation of Pride

and Prejudice was nominated for a BAFTA. She is the author of 18 novels and was awarded an OBE in 2018 for her services to literature and drama.