[1][2] Carter was educated at St Paul's Girls School and Exeter College, Oxford.
Noted the editors, "It's an unusual achievement: Miranda Carter's biography of Anthony Blunt is more interesting than the man.
"[4] Her second historical undertaking was The Three Emperors, which was a group biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and King George V, all world leaders during the First World War.
[5] Carter also has written several novels, notably The Strangler Vine and its sequel The Infidel Stain, which was later republished as The Printer's Coffin.
[2] Carter is married to John Lanchester, with whom she has two children, and lives in London.