Andrew Wilson (author)

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Andrew Wilson (born 1967) is a British biographer, novelist and journalist. [1]

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Wilson 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]

Publications

Wilson 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 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]

Wilson has also written a series of novels featuring Agatha Christie as a character. These include:

Writing under the pseudonym E.V. Adamson, he is the author of the psychological thriller Five Strangers (HarperCollins, 2021) [13]

Wilson's journalism has appeared in the Observer , the Guardian, the Sunday Times, Independent on Sunday, Daily Telegraph, and Tatler . He is also a creative writing mentor on the Gold Dust scheme. [14]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Sansom, Ian. "A Talent for Murder". Guardian. Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Andrew Wilson". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Beautiful Shadow". Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Cooke, Rachel (14 October 2007). "A Real Cock and Bull Story". Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Millar, Peter (19 May 2007). "The Lying Tongue". Times. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. ↑ McCrum, Robert (11 March 2012). "The Titanic still offers rich pickings for authors". Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  7. ↑ FitzHerbert, Claudia (12 February 2013). "Mad Girl's Love Song". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Byrne, Paula (5 March 2015). "Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin" . Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  9. ↑ East, Ben (21 May 2017). "A Talent for Murder". Guardian News. Observer. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Sanderson, Mark (31 May 2018). "A Different Kind of Evil". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Death in Desert Land". Publishers Weekly. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  12. ↑ "I Saw Him Die". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Chandler, Mark. "Bookseller".
  14. ↑ "Gold Dust mentor". Gold Dust. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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