Nicola Jane Upson (born 1970) is a British novelist, known for a series of crime novels featuring a fictional version of

Josephine Tey Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. Her novel ''The Daughter of Time'' was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princ ...

as the heroine and detective. Upson was born in

Suffolk, England Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

in 1970, has a bachelor's degree in English from

Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the olde ...

, and lives in Cambridge.

Novels

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An Expert in Murder ''An Expert in Murder'' is a historical crime novel by Nicola Upson, published on March 6, 2008. Plot The novel is set in the London theatres of the 1930s. The book revolves around Josephine Tey, a version of the famous novelist. The story beg ...

'' (2008) *''Angel with Two Faces'' (2009) *''Two for Sorrow'' (2010) *''Fear in the Sunlight'' (2012) *''The Death of Lucy Kyte'' (2013) *''London Rain'' (2015) *''Nine Lessons'' (2017) *''Stanley and Elsie'' (2019) – standalone novel *''Sorry for the Dead'' (2019) *''The Dead of Winter'' (2020)

References

External links

Official website
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2019 interview
with author

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