Stephen Booth (writer)
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Stephen Booth (born 1952) is an English crime-writer. He is the author of the Derbyshire-set Cooper and Fry series.
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[edit] Early and Personal Life
Booth was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of Jim and Edna Booth. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to Blackpool.[1] He attended Arnold School in the town.[2] He currently lives with his wife Lesley in Nottinghamshire.[3]
[edit] Career
For over 27 years, he was a journalist for various newspapers and magazines including the Wilmslow Advertiser, Huddersfield Examiner, and the Worksop Guardian. In 2001 he gave this up to be a full-time novelist.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
The books follow two young Derbyshire police detectives, Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, as they try to solve various murders.
In order, they are:
- Black Dog (2000)
- Dancing with the Virgins (2001)
- Blood on the Tongue (2002)
- Blind to the Bones (2003)
- One Last Breath (2004)
- The Dead Place (2005)
- Scared to Live (2006)
- Dying to Sin (2007)
- The Kill Call (2009)
- Lost River (2010)
- The Devil's Edge (2011)
- Dead and Buried (2012)
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 2001 - Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel: Black Dog
- 2001 - Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist): Dancing with the Virgins
- 2002 - Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel: Dancing With the Virgins
- 2003 - Dagger in the Library
- 2006 - Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award (shortlist): One Last Breath
- 2007 - Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award (shortlist): The Dead Place
[edit] References
- ^ Lancashire Telegraph Accessed 2010
- ^ Lancashire Telegraph Accessed 2010
- ^ Lancashire Telegraph Accessed 2010
- ^ bio at fantasticfiction.co.uk Accessed 2010
