Sarah Hilary
Sub-genre: mystery, noir, Procedural, psychological, suspense
Sarah Hilary’s debut, Someone Else’s Skin, won the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2015 and was a World Book Night selection, and a Silver Falchion and Macavity Award finalist in the US.
Her latest book, Black Thorn, was one of the Guardian’s Best Crime and Thrillers of 2023. Megan Abbott called it ‘A mesmerizing story of family and community, secrets and lies, psychologically rich and captivatingly told’. Her next book, Sharp Glass, is out in July 2024.
Sarah is Programme Director for St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend, and co-founder of Ledburied, a crime fiction festival in her home town.
Other Awards
Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2015
Silver Falchion finalist 2015
Macavity Award finalist 2015
Cheshire Prize for Literature 2012
SENSE Prize 2010
Fish Criminally Short Histories Prize 2008
Books by Sarah Hilary
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Sharp Glass