Antonia Hodgson (born 1971) is a British historical crime writer and publisher.

Life

Hodgson was born in

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in 1971. She attended

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. She graduated with a degree in English Literature from

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in 1994 and she went to work for Harcourt, Brace.Antonia Hodgson
The Bookseller, retrieved 29 May 2015 Hodgson spent nearly twenty years in the publishing business rising to editor-in-chief at

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before she published her own first novel. Hodgson's first novel, ''A Devil in the Marshalsea'', was set in the time of the early Georgians,

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and the Southwark prison the

Marshalsea The Marshalsea (1373–1842) was a notorious prison in Southwark, just south of the River Thames. Although it housed a variety of prisoners, including men accused of crimes at sea and political figures charged with sedition, it became known, ...

. Hodgson believes that the Georgian period was more intriguing than the Victorian era which is usually considered to be more culturally important. The book was submitted anonymously to the publishers, Hodder & Stoughton, because she was known in the publishing industry. Her first book won the

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's Historical Dagger award and was long listed for a first novel award. It also was shortlisted in 2015 for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.

Works

*''The Devil in the Marshalsea'' *''The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins'' *''A death in Fountains Abbey'' *''The Silver Collar''

References

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