Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (2018) Winner
Stuart Turton
スチュアート・タートン
Sutyuāto Tāton
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1980 （Widnes, England）
- Nationality
- English
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Widnes, England → Liverpool → Shanghai → Dubai → London
Career
- Occupations
- Author, journalist
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for Specsavers National Book Awards Debut Book of the Year (2018), Longlisted for CWA New Blood Dagger (2018), Longlisted for CWA Gold Dagger (2018), Shortlisted for Strand Magazine Critics Awards Best Debut Novel (2019), Longlisted for Glass Bell Award (2019), Shortlisted for Best Translated Honkaku Mystery of the Decade (2010-2019) Japanese edition (2019), Shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2020), Nominated for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Mystery Fiction in Translation (2023 Japanese edition)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Liverpool | — | English and Philosophy | BA (Hons) | — | United Kingdom |
University of Liverpool
English and Philosophy
Degree:
BA (Hons)
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Costa Book Award for First Novel | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle | First Novel | Costa Coffee | won |
| 2018 | Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards | The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle | Best Novel | National Book Tokens | won |
| 2020 | Books Are My Bag Fiction Award | The Devil and the Dark Water | — | National Book Tokens | won |
Costa Book Award for First Novel
2018
Work:
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Category:
First Novel
Organization:
Costa Coffee
Result:
won
Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards
2018
Work:
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Category:
Best Novel
Organization:
National Book Tokens
Result:
won
Books Are My Bag Fiction Award
2020
Work:
The Devil and the Dark Water
Organization:
National Book Tokens
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
2018 Mystery fictionA detective solving a murder by inhabiting eight different bodies in a 1920s country house party in a time-loop mystery.
Time loopIdentityRevenge
Adaptations
- [TV series] The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Translations
- Translated by Kazuyo Misumi (2019)
Bibliography
- The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018)
- The Devil and the Dark Water (2020)
- The Last Murder at the End of the World (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- High-concept mysteryComplex plotting
- Recurring Motifs
- Locked roomPuzzles
Legacy
Internationally bestselling author with over one million copies sold in US and UK. Multiple awards including Costa Book Award.
Quotes
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Writing the book was 'just awful'.
Source: The Guardian interview (2019)
Trivia
- Spent a year teaching in Shanghai.
- Lived in Dubai for three years as a travel journalist.
- Netflix optioned his debut for a series but it was canceled.