Laura Wilson (born 1964) is an English crime writer based in

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, where she was born and raised. She has degrees in English Literature form

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, and

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, and has worked as a teacher and editor of non-fiction. Many of her novels have either a historical setting or a distinct historical connection, and often have split or dual narratives. Her fifth novel, '' The Lover'', won the Prix du Polar Européen in 2005, and her eighth, ''Stratton’s War'', won the

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's 2008 Ellis Peters Award for Best Historical Mystery. Both ''The Lover'' and '' A Thousand Lies'' were shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's

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, and ''A Little Death'', ''The Lover'' and ''An Empty Death'' were shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award. She is

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's crime fiction reviewer and was the 2009 programming chair of the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.

Bibliography

*''A Little Death'' (Orion, 1999) *''Dying Voices'' (Orion, 2000) *''My Best Friend'' (Orion, 2001) *''Hello Bunny Alice'' (Orion, 2003) US title: Telling Lies to Alice * ''The Lover'' (Orion, 2004) *'' A Thousand Lies'' (Orion, 2006) *''Stratton’s War'' (Orion, 2007) US title: The Innocent Spy *''An Empty Death'' (Orion, 2009) *''A Capital Crime'' (Quercus, 2010) *''A Willing Victim'' (Quercus, 2012) *''The Riot'' (Quercus, 2013) *''The Wrong Girl'' (Quercus, 2015) *''The Other Woman'' (Quercus, 2017)

External links

Official site
English crime fiction writers 1964 births Living people Members of the Detection Club Women mystery writers Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford {{UK-novelist-stub