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Sarah Caudwell

サラ・コールドウェル

Sara Kōrudoweru

Aliases: Sarah Cockburn
Pen Names: Sarah Caudwell（Pseudonym used for detective stories）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1939-05-27 （London）
Died
2000-01-28 （London） age 60
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
London → Welwyn, Stevenage, Hertfordshire → Cheltenham → Scotland (Aberdeen) → Oxford → Barnes, London

Career

Occupations
Writer, Barrister
Active Years
1980-2000
Affiliations
Lincoln's Inn, Middle Temple, Lloyds Bank
Nominations
1986 Anthony Award Best Novel nomination (The Shortest Way to Hades)

Education

University of Aberdeen
Classics / Classics
Degree: MA
Period: 1950年代
Year of Graduation: 1960
Country: United Kingdom
Scholarship to study in Greece
St Anne's College, University of Oxford
Law / Law
Degree: BCL
Year of Graduation: 1962
Country: United Kingdom
One of the first female students to speak at Oxford Union
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Law
Period: オックスフォード卒業後
Country: United Kingdom
Lectured on Law
Cité Universitaire des Jeunes Filles, Nancy
French law
Degree: ディプロマ
Period: 1年間
Country: France
Diploma in French law

Awards

Anthony Award
1990
Work: The Sirens Sang of Murder
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Thus Was Adonis Murdered

1981 Mystery

Professor Hilary Tamar solves mysteries involving young barristers in Venice.

Tax lawInheritance

The Shortest Way to Hades

1985 Mystery

Murder mystery set in Corfu.

InheritanceTaxation

The Sirens Sang of Murder

1989 Mystery

Mystery set in Sark. Anthony Award winner.

Medieval lawMurder

The Sibyl in Her Grave

2000 Mystery

Set in an English village. Posthumous publication.

ProphecyTax fraud

Bibliography

  • Thus Was Adonis Murdered (1981)
  • The Shortest Way to Hades (1985)
  • The Sirens Sang of Murder (1989)
  • The Sibyl in Her Grave (2000)
  • The Perfect Murder (1991, with others)

Translations of Works

  • Japanese edition of The Sibyl in Her Grave (shortlisted for Best Translated Honkaku Mystery of the Decade 2010)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
WittyIronic toneLegal whodunits
Recurring Motifs
Young barristers at Lincoln's InnProfessor Hilary TamarTax and inheritance law

Health

  • Throat cancer
    晩年
    Died in 2000

Legacy

Renowned for legal mysteries featuring Professor Hilary Tamar, popular among lawyers.

In Popular Culture

  • Known as a pipe-smoking female barrister

Trivia

  • Pipe smoker
  • Multiple finalist in The Times Crossword Competition
  • Mother was model for Sally Bowles in Cabaret