Carol Ann Lee

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Born1969 (age 5455)
Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
OccupationAuthor, biographer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Manchester
GenreNon-fiction
Notable worksA Fine Day for a Hanging (2012),
Evil Relations (2012),
One of Your Own (2010),
The Hidden Life of Otto Frank (2003)
Website
www.carolannlee.co.uk

Carol Ann Lee (born 1969) is an English author and biographer who has written extensively on Anne Frank, the Holocaust and on the crimes of Moors Murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. [1]

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Early life and career

Carol Ann Lee was born in Wakefield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She studied History of Art and Design at the University of Manchester and then followed her early interest, interviewing Holocaust survivors and working at the Manchester Jewish Museum. [1] Her first book was published three years later. [2]

Her tenth book, Evil Relations (2012), was nominated for the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction. Written in conjunction with David Smith, chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders case, the book details, for the first time, Smith's story in full.

In 2012, Lee published A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Ruth Ellis Story, a re-examination of Ellis's life story and the facts surrounding her trial and subsequent execution for the murder of David Blakely. [3]

Lee is published by Mainstream Publishing, an imprint of Random House.

Works

Non-fictional

Fictional

Television adaptations

The Murders at White House Farm was adapted into the successful ITV drama White House Farm in 2020. [5]

A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Ruth Ellis Story was adapted into the ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story , with Ellis being portrayed by Lucy Boynton. [6] [7]

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  2. "Amazon.co.uk: Carol Ann Lee: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.co.uk.
  3. http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1780575262%5B%5D
  4. Naomi Cornwell (28 June 2011). "Book by Moors Murder witness David Smith recalls horror". BBC News. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. https://deadline.com/2020/10/hbo-max-the-murders-at-white-house-farm-kris-mrksa-interview-1234591002/
  6. https://rts.org.uk/article/itv-releases-first-look-image-lucy-boynton-ruth-ellis-last-woman-be-hanged-uk
  7. Yossman, K. J. (19 February 2024). "Lucy Boynton Transforms Into Ruth Ellis, The Last U.K. Woman to Get Death Penalty, in First Image From 'A Cruel Love'". Variety. Retrieved 28 June 2024.