Andrew Wilson (author)
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Andrew Wilson is a British biographer, novelist and journalist[1]. He was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, on 6 June 1967 and read English Literature at King's College, London, graduating in 1988. He studied for the post-graduate diploma in Periodical Journalism at City University, London.[2]
He is the author of Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith (Bloomsbury, 2003)[3], The Man Who Invented Sex: A Life of Harold Robbins (Bloomsbury, 2007)[4], the novel The Lying Tongue (Canongate in UK, Atria in US, 2007)[5], Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived (Simon & Schuster, 2012)[6], Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted (Simon & Schuster in UK, Scribner in the US, 2013)[7], Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin (Simon & Schuster, 2015)[8].
He has also written a series of novels featuring Agatha Christie as a character. These include:
- A Talent for Murder, about the real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 (Simon & Schuster, 2017)[9]
- A Different Kind of Evil (Simon & Schuster, 2018)[10]
- Death in a Desert Land (Simon & Schuster, 2019)[11]
His journalism has appeared in the Observer, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, Independent on Sunday, Daily Telegraph, and Tatler magazine.
He is also a creative writing mentor on the Gold Dust scheme[12].
Awards: John Willis Memorial Prize for investigative journalism, 1989, City University. Edgar Allan Poe Award for best critical biography for Beautiful Shadow, 2003. LAMDA Literary Award for biography for Beautiful Shadow, 2003.[2]
References
- ^ Sansom, Ian. "A Talent for Murder". Guardian. Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Andrew Wilson". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Beautiful Shadow". Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (14 October 2007). "A Real Cock and Bull Story". Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Millar, Peter (19 May 2007). "The Lying Tongue". Times. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ McCrum, Robert (11 March 2012). "The Titanic still offers rich pickings for authors". Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ FitzHerbert, Claudia (12 February 2013). "Mad Girl's Love Song". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Byrne, Paula (5 March 2015). "Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin". Independent. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ East, Ben (21 May 2017). "A Talent for Murder". Guardian News. Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Sanderson, Mark (31 May 2018). "A Different Kind of Evil". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Death in Desert Land". Publishers Weekly. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Gold Dust mentor". Gold Dust. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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