Kimberley Chambers (author)

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Kimberley Chambers
Born (1967-06-13) 13 June 1967 (age 57)
Dagenham, East London, England
OccupationAuthor
NationalityEnglish
Period2000s–present
Website
www.kimberleychambers.com

Kimberley Chambers is an English novelist (born on 13 June 1967) who lives in Hornchurch, Greater London. She has published sixteen crime novels, [1] including the Mitchells & O'Haras and Butlers series, which are mainly set in Essex or East London. She writes gritty, crime family sagas, laced with her trademark humour, most often from the perspective of the villain. Three of her novels – Payback, [2] Tainted Love [3] and Life of Crime [4] [5] - have been Sunday Times Number One bestsellers.

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Life

Chambers was born and brought up in Dagenham, Greater London. [6] Her mother, Valerie, worked as a typist, and her father, Tom, was a steel erector. An only child, she attended John Perry Infants and Junior School and Dagenham Priory Comprehensive, but left without any O-Levels. [7] She worked as a market trader on a ladies’ fashion stall in the legendary Roman Road market in the East End. [8] She also worked as a pub DJ and as a mini-cab driver in Romford before writing her first novel, Billie Jo, at the age of 38. [9] [10] As of 2022 she now lives in Hornchurch. [11] Kimberley is a lifelong Tottenham Hotspur supporter.

Career

Chambers' first novel, Billie Jo, was published by Random House’s Preface imprint in 2008. Chambers published another five books with Preface before moving to HarperCollins with her novel in 2012. [12] Chambers still writes all her books by hand. [13]

Her ninth novel, Payback, was awarded a Specsavers Silver Bestseller Award in 2018 for sales in excess of 250,000 copies. [14]

Books

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References

  1. ↑ "Books - Kimberley Chambers". Kimberley Chambers. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Payback by Kimberley Chambers - Paperback". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tainted Love by Kimberley Chambers - Paperback". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kimberley Chambers on her explosive new thriller, Life of Crime". killerreads.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Life of Crime by Kimberley Chambers - Hardcover". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Meet the Queen of Gangland Crime". Kimberley Chambers. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. ↑ McMullen, Marion (17 June 2015). "Crime pays for bestselling writer Kimberley Chambers". Mirror. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kimberley Chambers: My friends were married to villains". Metro. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Interview with author Kimberley Chambers". The Edge. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Kimberley Chambers". Book Series in Order. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  11. ↑ Sunday Times , Business section, 16/1/22.
  12. ↑ "Three more from Chambers for HarperFiction". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  13. ↑ McMullen, Marion (17 June 2015). "Crime pays for bestselling writer Kimberley Chambers". Mirror. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Bestseller Awards - Silver". Nielsen Awards. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Weekly E-Ranking: Backstabber cuts to the top". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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