abuse, the deaths of both parents, alcoholism, heroin addiction and recovery, and marriage and parenthood. The books have been hailed as a powerful exploration of how emotional health can be carved out of childhood trauma. Mother's Milk was made into a feature film released in 2011. The screenplay was written by St Aubyn and director Gerald Fox. It stars Jack Davenport, Adrian Dunbar, Diana Quick, and Margaret Tyzack in her last performance. In 2018 a five-part television series, Patrick Melrose was broadcast, a joint production of Showtime and Sky Atlantic. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Patrick Melrose (with the young Patrick played by Sebastian Maltz), with each episode based on a different novel in the series. The series premiered on Showtime on 12 May 2018 to favourable reviews. Awards and honours 1992 Betty Trask Award winner for Never Mind 1998 Guardian Fiction Prize shortlisted for On the Edge 2006 Man Booker Prize shortlisted for Mother's Milk 2007 Prix Femina Etranger winner for Mother's Milk 2007 South Bank Show award on literature winner for Mother's Milk 2014 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize winner for Lost for Words Works Double Blind. Harvill Secker. 2021. References Further reading External links Guardian interview The Independent article "Edward St Aubyn and the enigma of consciousness" (Telegraph) Biography from the Berlin International Literature Festival 1960 births Living people Alumni of Keble College, Oxford People educated at Westminster School, London Prix Femina Étranger winners 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists English people of American descent English people of Scottish descent British male novelists Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 20th-century British male writers 21st-century British male writers People educated at Sussex House School