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Mark Billingham

マーク・ビリングハム

Māku Biringuhamu

別名: Mark Philip David Billingham
ペンネーム: Will PetersonPen name used with Peter Cocks

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1961-07-02 (Solihull, Warwickshire, England)
国籍
British
言語
English
居住地歴
Moseley, Birmingham → North London

経歴

職業
actor, comedian, novelist, television screenwriter
活動期間
1987年〜
影響を受けた人物
Carl Hiaasen
ノミネート
CWA Gold Dagger nomination (Scaredy Cat), BCA Crime Thriller of the Year nomination (Lifeless), CWA Gold Dagger nomination (In the Dark)

学歴

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
国: UK
during youth
University of Birmingham
Department of Drama and Theatre Arts
学位: Drama
国: UK

受賞歴

Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
2004
対象作品: Lazybones
主催: Theakston Brewery
結果: winner
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
2009
対象作品: Death Message
主催: Theakston Brewery
結果: winner
Sherlock Award
2002
対象作品: Scaredy Cat
部門: Best Detective Novel Created by a UK Author
結果: winner
Royal Television Society award
1995
対象作品: What's That Noise?
部門: Best Entertainment Programme
主催: Royal Television Society
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Sleepyhead

2001年 Crime fiction

Detective Inspector Tom Thorne investigates a serial killer who leaves victims in a state of locked-in syndrome.

fearserial killing
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV miniseries] Thorne / Stephen Hopkins (2010)

Scaredy Cat

2002年 Crime fiction
power of fear
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV miniseries] Thorne (2010)

Lazybones

2003年 Crime fiction

Death Message

2007年 Crime fiction

全著作

  • Sleepyhead
  • Scaredy Cat
  • Lazybones
  • The Burning Girl
  • Lifeless
  • Buried
  • Death Message
  • Bloodline
  • From the Dead
  • Good as Dead
  • In the Dark
  • Rush of Blood
  • Die of Shame
  • Rabbit Hole
  • Triskellion
  • Triskellion 2: The Burning
  • Knight School

翻案

  • Thorne (TV series)
  • In the Dark (miniseries)

作風・主題

文体
comic-crime fictionstrong openings and misdirectionstand-up comedy techniques
頻出モチーフ
fearhotel room crimesflawed detectives

評価・遺産

Renowned British crime novelist known for the Tom Thorne series. First to win Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice.

豆知識

  • Supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
  • In 1997, kidnapped and held hostage in a Manchester hotel with Peter Cocks; experience inspired Scaredy Cat.
  • Has two children.