Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
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Edition 11 (2015) Winner
Sarah Hilary
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Sarah Hilary
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Cheshire, England
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cheshire → South East England
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2008-
- Influenced By
- Patricia Highsmith, Daphne du Maurier
- Nominations
- Barry Award shortlist (No Other Darkness), Macavity Awards finalist (Someone Else's Skin)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | History of Ideas | First Class Honours Degree | — | United Kingdom |
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History of Ideas
Degree:
First Class Honours Degree
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Fish Criminally Short Histories Prize | Fall River, in August 1892 | — | Fish Publishing | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Cheshire Prize for Literature | — | — | University of Chester | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award | Someone Else's Skin | — | — | 受賞 |
Fish Criminally Short Histories Prize
2008
Work:
Fall River, in August 1892
Organization:
Fish Publishing
Result:
受賞
Cheshire Prize for Literature
2012
Organization:
University of Chester
Result:
受賞
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
2015
Work:
Someone Else's Skin
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Someone Else's Skin
2014 Crime fictionFirst in the Marnie Rome series. A tense tale of domestic violence.
Domestic violenceAbuse
No Other Darkness
2015 Crime fictionSecond in the Marnie Rome series.
Tastes Like Fear
2016 Crime fictionThird in the Marnie Rome series.
Quieter Than Killing
2017 Crime fictionFourth in the Marnie Rome series. Vivid and eerie thriller.
Come and Find Me
2018 Crime fictionFifth in the Marnie Rome series.
Never Be Broken
2019 Crime fictionSixth in the Marnie Rome series.
Fragile
2021 Crime fictionPartly inspired by Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.
Black Thorn
2023 Crime fictionCrime novel centred around six deaths at a seaside housing development in Cornwall.
Bibliography
- Someone Else's Skin (2014)
- No Other Darkness (2015)
- Tastes Like Fear (2016)
- Quieter Than Killing (2017)
- Come and Find Me (2018)
- Never Be Broken (2019)
- Fragile (2021)
- Black Thorn (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Tense narrativeDeep psychological portrayal
- Recurring Motifs
- Family traumaAbuse
Health
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Autism2022年診断公表Publicly announced for visibility.
Legacy
English crime novelist known for Marnie Rome series. Winner of Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.
In Popular Culture
- Wrote about family history in The Guardian
Trivia
- Debut novel published at age 47
- Mother and grandparents were Japanese POWs
- Grandfather died in Batu Lintang camp in 1945