Sharon Bolton
Bolton is a British author of mystery fiction who has also been published under the name S.
Also recorded as S. J. Bolton · Sharon C. Bolton
Sharon Bolton
- Born
- 1960 · Lancashire.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- writer · novelist
- Education
- University of Warwick
- Honours
- Dagger in the Library
- Languages
- English
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Bolton is a British author of mystery fiction who has also been published under the name S.
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Sharon Bolton (born 1960) is a British novelist and writer. The novelist was born in Lancashire. Sharon Bolton studied at University of Warwick.
Languages used include English. The novelist received Dagger in the Library.
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Bolton is the author of ten novels, including the Lacey Flint series of police procedural novels. Lacey Flint is a female detective constable with London's Metropolitan police. They've released five novels and two novellas detailing her investigations. A planned trilogy starting with The Craftsman (2018) has been optioned for a television series.
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In 2016, the motion picture of Sacrifice, starring Radha Mitchell and Rupert Graves, and directed by Peter A. Dowling, was released by Luminous Pictures.
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Bolton's second novel, Awakening, won the 2010 Mary Higgins Clark Award. Blood Harvest, her third book, was shortlisted for the 2010 Crime Writers' Association's (CWA) Gold Dagger. In 2014, she won the CWA's Dagger in the Library award for her body of work.
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- 1.I’m Coming Out , S.J. Bolton Blogpost, 11/4/13
- 2.Bolton's Craftsman trilogy optioned for TV. The Bookseller.
- 3.Cannon, Peter. A Good Night for Minotaur at the Edgars. Publishers Weekly.
- 4.Blood Harvest. Crime Writers' Association.
- 5.Farrington, Joshua. Bolton wins CWA Dagger in the Library prize. The Bookseller. Dec 5, 2014.
- 6.Glenn Kenny for The New York Times. April 28, 2016 Review: ‘Sacrifice’ Yields Corpses and Clichés
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