Erin Kelly (author)

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Erin Kelly
Born (1976-07-22) 22 July 1976 (age 47)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
Occupation(s)Journalist and author
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Erin Kelly was born in London in 1976 and grew up in Romford, Essex.

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She has been working as a journalist since 1998, writing for newspapers, magazines including Red, Psychologies, Marie Claire and Elle, as well as writing psychological thrillers.

Kelly also works as a creative writing tutor. [1]

Novels

Kelly's debut,The Poison Tree, was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick, and was turned into a major TV drama. [1] Her sixth novel, He Said/She Said, spent six weeks in the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller list, [1] and was also a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. [2]

In 2014, Kelly's novelisation of the Bafta-winning TV programme Broadchurch became an international bestseller. [1]

Her seventh novel, Stone Mothers, was later published under the title We Know You Know [3] , and was selected as a Richard & Judy Book Club pick in 2020. [4]

Kelly's eighth novel, Watch Her Fall, was published in 2021. Her ninth novel, The Skeleton Key, was published in 2022 and it included references to a song that was created by Ben Walker, Kirsty Merryn and violinist Basia Bartz to accompany the book. [5] Kelly's latest novel, House of Mirrors, is a standalone sequel to her first, The Poison Tree.

Bibliography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Guardian Staff (7 January 2016). "How to write a psychological thriller | Erin Kelly". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. "Richard and Judy Introduce He Said She Said by Erin Kelly". WHSmith Blog. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. "We Know You Know by Erin Kelly | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. "Richard and Judy Introduce We Know You Know by Erin Kelly". WHSmith Blog. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Novelist Erin Kelly's Collaborates on Folk Song". Folk Radio UK. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2023.