Sarah Pinborough is an English author who has written YA and adult thriller,

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

and cross-genre

novels A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself ...

. She has also been a

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

in adaptations of her novels for TV as well as in original projects.

Bibliography

Novels

She has had more than 20 novels published by several companies and in several countries. They have also been translated into a number of languages.

Leisure Books

Her work has been published within the horror books section of

Leisure Books Leisure Books was a mass market paperback publisher specializing in horror and thrillers that operated from 1957 to 2010. In the company's early years, it also published fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, and the Wildlife Treasury card series ...

. * ''The Hidden'' (2004,

) — amnesia is the start of a new life with hidden horrors * ''The Reckoning'' (2005,

) — horrors from teenage years come back to a group of adult friends * ''Breeding Ground'' (2006,

) — end-of-the world novel where most of the population is wiped out by giant spiders born of human women * ''The Taken'' (2007,

) — ghostly revenge novel * ''Tower Hill'' (2008,

) — about a small town in America in supernatural peril of

Biblical The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

proportions * ''Feeding Ground'' (2009,

) — sequel to ''Breeding Ground''; Pinborough's original proposal for this sequel would have been called ''The Brethren'' but this was rejected by the publisher as being too much like

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

for their list. The book as written is intended to be like a "creature feature" movie."Q & A with Sarah Pinbourough,"

Black Static ''Black Static'', formerly ''The 3rd Alternative'', is a British horror magazine edited by Andy Cox. The magazine has won the British Fantasy Award for "Best Magazine" while individual stories have won other awards. In addition, numerous stories ...

16 April – May 2010, page 52

Torchwood

Torchwood ''Torchwood'' is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing ...

is a spin-off series from the

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series

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

. These are TV tie-in novels and short stories in that

shared world A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where more than one writer (or other artist) independently contributes a work that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, chara ...

. * ''Into the Silence (Torchwood)'' (2009,

Random House Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...

) * The story ''Kaleidoscope'' in ''Consequences'' (Torchwood) (2009,

) * '' Torchwood: Long Time Dead'' (2011,

) Pinborough has also written short stories for the

Torchwood Magazine ''Torchwood – The Official Magazine'' was a British magazine devoted to the BBC science fiction television series ''Torchwood''. The first issue was released on 24 January 2008 and concluded on 16 December 2010 The United States version was du ...

. These are: * ''Happy New Year'' Issue 20 * ''Mend Me'' Issue 23

The Dog-Faced Gods series

Now called the ''Forgotten Gods Trilogy'' in the

Ace Books Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns, and soon branched out into other genres, publishing its first scienc ...

reprint. "''The 'Dog Faced Gods' series is set in an alternative world. The Britain of this world isn't a dystopia but it is merely a little crappier and harsher than ours.''" Jim Steel #''A Matter of Blood'' (2010, Gollancz Books) (2013

) #''The Shadow of the Soul'' (2011, Gollancz Books) (2013

) #''The Chosen Seed'' (2012, Gollancz Books) (2013

)

La Belle au Bois Dormant - Sixth of six engravings by Gustave Doré

The Fairy Tale Series

Modern retellings of fairy stories published by Gollancz Books. * ''Poison'' (April 2013 Gollancz Books) — a modern

Snow White "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...

story * ''Charm'' (July 2013 Gollancz Books) — a modern

Cinderella "Cinderella",; french: link=no, Cendrillon; german: link=no, Aschenputtel) or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants throughout the world.Dundes, Alan. Cinderella, a Casebook. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsi ...

story * ''Beauty'' (October 2013 Gollancz Books) — a modern

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

story

Other novels

* ''The Language of Dying'' (2009,

PS Publishing PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK. Background PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.Jo Fletcher Books Quercus is a formerly independent publishing house, based in London, that was acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies. Quercus is known for its lists in crime (publishing such authors as Ell ...

) — a dysfunctional family is revealed around the father's death-bed * ''Mayhem'' (2013,

Jo Fletcher Books Quercus is a formerly independent publishing house, based in London, that was acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies. Quercus is known for its lists in crime (publishing such authors as Ell ...

) — a supernatural murder mystery set in

Victorian London During the 19th century, London grew enormously to become a global city of immense importance. It was the largest city in the world from about 1825, the world's largest port, and the heart of international finance and trade. Railways connecting ...

and based around the events of the

Thames Torso Murders The Thames Torso Murders, often called the Thames Mysteries or the Embankment Murders, were a sequence of unsolved murders of women occurring in London, England from 1887 to 1889. The series included four incidents which were filed as belonging t ...

. * ''Murder'' (2013,

) — a sequel to ''Mayhem'' * '' The Death House'' (2015, Gollancz) — bleak lives of children with a 'Defective gene' LondonStone

* ''13 Minutes'' (2016, Flatiron Books) — 'young adult' thriller following a girl being rescued from an icy river * '' Behind Her Eyes'' (2017,

HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Cor ...

) — an idyllic life suddenly changes and who can be trusted? *''Cross Her Heart'' (2018,

William Morrow & Co William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The c ...

) — psychological thriller about a liar and truth *''Dead To Her'' (2020,

) — crime thriller involving an outsider marrying into elite society

As Sarah Silverwood

As Sarah Silverwood, Sarah Pinborough writes fantasy fiction for the

young adult fiction Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...

market.

The Nowhere Chronicles

This trilogy about teenagers set in a parallel, magical London, has been criticised for relying on a series of stereotypes. #''The Double-edged Sword'' (2010, Gollancz) #''The Traitor's Gate'' (2011, Gollancz) #''The London Stone'' (2012, Gollancz)

Short stories

* ''Waiting For October'' (2007, Dark Arts Books) – a book of the combined short stories of Sarah Pinborough, Adam Pepper, Jeff Strand and

Jeffrey Thomas (writer) Jeffrey Thomas (born October 3, 1957) is a prolific writer of science fiction and horror, best known for his stories set in the nightmarish future city called Punktown, such as the novel ''Deadstock'' (Solaris Books) and the collection ''Punkto ...

* ''Hellbound Hearts'' (2009,

Pocket Books Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books. History Pocket Books produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in the United States in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing in ...

) edited by

Paul Kane (writer) Paul Kane (born 1973 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) is an English writer. Beginnings Kane began his professional writing career in 1996, providing articles and reviews for news-stand publications, and started producing dark fantasy and scie ...

and Marie O'Regan – Pinborough contributed "''The Confessor's Tale''" * ''Zombie Apocalypse!'' edited by

Stephen Jones (author) Stephen Jones (born 4 November 1953 in Pimlico, London) is an English editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of H. P. Lovecraft's early British publicatio ...

(2010,

Running Press Running Press is an American publishing company and member of the Perseus Books Group. The publisher's offices are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with many of the corporate functions taking place in Perseus' New York City headquarters. I ...

) – Pinborough contributed "''Diary Entry #1''", "''Diary Entry #2''" and "''Diary Entry #3''" * ''The Compartments of Hell'' written with Paul Meloy in

. A post apocalypse story where the only survivors are those who are high on opiates. * ''The Room Upstairs'' in ''House of Fear'', an anthology of

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stories edited by Jonathan Oliver (publishing), (2011

Solaris Books Solaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. The range is owned by Rebellion Developments and distribute ...

)

Screenwriting

Pinborough has written for the

and several other television companies. These include treatments that have been aired and others still in long-term development. *Pinborough wrote ''Old School Ties'', the second episode of the ninth series of the BBC TV crime drama

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the ...

in 2012. The following are at various stages of development: * ''M'' (2013)

World Productions World Productions is a British television production company, founded on 20 March 1990 by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett, and owned by ITV plc following a takeover in 2017. History The company's first major series was the police drama '' Betwe ...

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

Global Returnable Drama Series. *''Fallow Ground'' (2012)

Original 3-part drama. *''Red Summer'' (2012) ''Blind Monkey Pictures'' Feature screenplay. Under option.

Adaptations

Several of her novels have been optioned or adapted for TV or film. This includes: *In 2012, it was announced that director

Peter Medak Peter Medak (born Medák Péter, 23 December 1937) is a Hungarian-born film director and television director of British and American productions. Early life Born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary, he was the son of Elisabeth (née Diamoun ...

had been attached to direct ''Cracked'', a screenplay based on Pinborough's first novel ''The Hidden'' but it has not been aired. *The ''Forgotten Gods/Dog-Faced Gods Trilogy'' was optioned for a television series in 2014 but has not been aired. *Her teenage thriller, ''13 Minutes'' was bought by

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...

in 2016, with

Josh Schwartz Joshua Ian Schwartz (born August 6, 1976) is an American screenwriter and television producer. Schwartz is best known for creating and executive producing the Fox teen drama series ''The O.C.'' which ran for 4 seasons. Schwartz is also known for ...

and

Stephanie Savage Stephanie Savage (born 1969) is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. Savage is best known for developing The CW's teen drama series ''Gossip Girl (TV series), Gossip Girl'' (2007) from the Gossip Girl (novel series), novel series, and ...

writing the adaptation. *

developed a

limited series Limited series may refer to: *Limited series, individual storylines within an anthology series *Limited series, a particular run of collectables, usually individually numbered *Limited series (comics), a comics series with a predetermined number of ...

based on Pinborough's

psychological thriller Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. In terms of context and co ...

novel '' Behind Her Eyes''. The series premiered on 17 February 2021.

Personal life

Pinborough was born in 1972 in

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

, UK. She is a patron of th
Educational Wealth Fund

References

External links

* *
Story Behind The Language of Dying – Essay by Sarah Pinborough

Story Behind Murder – Essay by Sarah Pinborough

Interview at Gothic Imagination
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