Harriet Tyce

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Harriet Tyce
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Harriet Tyce (Royal Society of Medicine, 2025)
BornNovember 1972 (age 53)
LanguageEnglish
Education Edinburgh Academy
Alma mater Corpus Christi College, Oxford
University of East Anglia
Genre Psychological thriller
Notable works Blood Orange (2019)
Children2
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Harriet Tyce (born November 1972) is a Scottish novelist, the author of Blood Orange (2019), The Lies You Told (2020), It Ends at Midnight (2022) and A Lesson in Cruelty (2024).

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Tyce practised as a criminal barrister for nearly ten years, before changing her career path to writing crime fiction. Her first novel became a Richard and Judy choice and became popular during the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020.

In 2026, she appeared as a contestant on the fourth series of The Traitors .

Early life and education

Harriet Tyce was born in November 1972 and grew up in Edinburgh, the eldest of two children of Lord Nimmo Smith, a judge; and Jennifer, an academic and classicist. [1] [2] She attended an all girls' school in Edinburgh, where she became friends with Sarah Hughes. [3] Subsequently she moved to the Edinburgh Academy for sixth form, which was mixed-sex. [2]

Tyce studied English literature at Oxford University, and then completed a law conversion course at City University. [4] [5]

Career

For around ten years Tyce practised as a criminal barrister. [4] In 2005, after attempting to work part-time and not long after her son was born, she left the Bar. [2] Later she completed a master's in creative writing and crime fiction at the University of East Anglia, passing with distinction. [4]

After several rejections she acquired an agent and a book deal with Wildfire, an imprint of Headline. [2] They published Blood Orange (2019), her first novel. [4] [6] It became a Richard and Judy choice. [5] According to Amazon, the book became popular during the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. [6] Quibi and World Productions, the producers of Line of Duty and Bodyguard , chose Blood Orange for development into a TV series. [2]

After abandoning a second novel, she released The Lies You Told in 2020. [7] Her book It Ends at Midnight was released in 2022. [8] She wrote the introductory chapter to Holding Tight, Letting Go (2022). [9] A Lesson in Cruelty was released in 2024. [10] [11]

In 2026, she appeared as a contestant on the fourth series of The Traitors . [12]

Personal life

Tyce lives with her husband, who works in finance. They have two children. [2]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Tyce, Harriet (2019). Blood Orange. Wildfire. ISBN   978-1-4722-5277-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Swarbrick, Susan. "Blood Orange author Harriet Tyce on her Edinburgh roots and why she swapped law for books" . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Journalist Sarah Hughes, whose wit and passion inspired everything she wrote". London News Time. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Meet the Author: Harriet Tyce | Suffolk Libraries". www.suffolklibraries.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Creative Writing with Harriet Tyce | The Novelry". www.thenovelry.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. 1 2 O’Connell, John. "Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce review – smart #MeToo noir". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Mesure, Susie (23 October 2020). "Harriet Tyce on The Lies You Told: 'For years I've either had to be someone's mum or wife'". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Forshaw, Barry (18 April 2022). "The best new crime books — a peril-packed round-up". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Anderson, Hephzibhah (27 March 2022). "Holding Tight, Letting Go by Sarah Hughes review – lessons from a life well lived". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  10. ↑ Owen, James; Dugdale, John (26 April 2024). "New thrillers for April: try the latest James Bond spin-off". The Times . Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Hill, Linda (9 April 2024). "A Lesson In Cruelty | Harriet Tyce". My Weekly. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "The Traitors Series 4 Contestants - Meet the players joining Claudia Winkleman in the castle". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
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