Times Books Quiz

[Mountainjoe]

Stuck on a couple, any help/hints greatly appreciated.

Who at the age of 83 found herself at a rave pub watching the Booker Prize ceremony and got home in time to hear herself being thanked by the winner?

In which novel does a poet laureate die in a parachuting accident?

In 2011 memoir, who posed naked to illustrate her title?

Thank you

[aelmpvw]

penelope fitzgerald ... just a guess