Angela Carter's legacy is legendary. Edmund Gordon traces Carter's life, a modern and unconventional journey of artistic transformation and pioneering courage. Escaping her oppressive upbringing and an early, challenging marriage, Angela's writing career ushered in freedoms of travel and exploration. From America to Tokyo, then London, she composed her most iconic works. With Gordon as the biographer, Carter's manuscripts, letters, and journals are laid bare, alongside interviews with those who knew her best. 'The Invention of Angela Carter' is the definitive biography of a writer who reinvented herself and the literary world.