Andrew Wilson (author)

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

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:

  • A Talent for Murder, about the real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 (Simon & Schuster, 2017)[9]
  • A Different Kind of Evil (Simon & Schuster, 2018)[10]
  • Death in a Desert Land (Simon & Schuster, 2019)[11]
  • I Saw Him Die (Simon & Schuster, 2020) [12]

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

  • John Willis Memorial Prize for investigative journalism, 1989, City University.
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award for best critical biography for Beautiful Shadow, 2003.
  • LAMDA Literary Award for biography for Beautiful Shadow, 2003.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sansom, Ian. "A Talent for Murder". Guardian. Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "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.