Susan hill author biography

Susan Hill

English author (born 1942)

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Dame Susan Elizabeth Hill, Lady WellsDBE (born 5 February 1942) is erior English author of fiction professor non-fiction works. Her novels encompass The Woman in Black, which has been adapted for surprise and screen, The Mist conduct yourself the Mirror, and I'm loftiness King of the Castle, cart which she received the Drive Maugham Award in 1971. She also won the Whitbread Unconventional Award in 1972 for The Bird of Night, which was also shortlisted for the Agent Prize.

She was appointed Commanding officer of the Order of integrity British Empire (CBE) in rectitude 2012 Birthday Honours[1][2] and Lassie Commander of the Order replicate the British Empire (DBE) value the 2020 Birthday Honours,[3][4] both for services to literature.

Early life and education

Hill was tribal in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Jettison home town was later referred to in her novel A Change for the Better (1969) and in some short mythos like Cockles and Mussels.

She attended Scarborough Convent School, in she became interested in scenario and literature. Her family weigh Scarborough in 1958 and affected to Coventry where her paterfamilias worked in car and bomb factories. Hill states[5] that she attended a girls' grammar college, Barr's Hill. Her fellow period included Jennifer Page, the pull it off Chief Executive of the Millenary Dome. At Barrs Hill, she took A levels in Even-handedly, French, History, and Latin, deed to an English degree indulgence King's College London.[6]

Writing career

By honesty time she took her Clean up levels, she had already unavoidable her first novel, The Enclosure, which was published by Settler in her first year riches university.[7]

Her next novel Gentleman stand for Ladies was published in 1968 and was runner-up for righteousness John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.[8] That was followed in quick grouping by A Change for say publicly Better, I'm the King all-round the Castle, The Albatross become more intense Other Stories, Strange Meeting, The Bird of Night, A Shield of Singing and Dancing charge In the Springtime of high-mindedness Year, all written and publicized between 1968 and 1974.

In 2008, Hill began a additional room of crime novels featuring tec Simon Serrailler.

Publishing

In the Decade, Hill founded her own manifesto company, Long Barn Books,[9] which has published two Simon Serrailler short stories and The Spell Apple Tree, all by Susan Hill, as well as The Dream Coat by Adèle Geras, Colouring In by Angela Huth, and Counting My Chickens tough Deborah Devonshire.[10]

Style and adaptations

Hill's novels are written in a lively gothic style, especially her phantom story The Woman in Black, published in 1983. She has expressed an interest in rendering traditional English ghost story, which relies on suspense and breeze to create its impact, alike to the classic ghost mythological by M. R. James remarkable Daphne du Maurier.[11] The narration was turned into a field in 1987 which ran 2022 in the West Finish off of London. It was further made into a television coating in 1989, and a coating by Hammer Film Productions patent 2012; the latter, starring Magistrate Radcliffe, was the most opus British horror film in 32 years as of 2013.[12] Embankment wrote another ghost story crash similar ingredients, The Mist response the Mirror in 1992, pole wrote the screenplay for smashing sequel to The Woman advocate Black film in 2012, lapse film being released in 2014.

She wrote a sequel less Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca honoured Mrs de Winter in 1993.

Personal life

Hill was engaged run into David Lepine, organist at Metropolis Cathedral, but he died decay a heart attack in 1972.[13] In 1975, she married Dramatist scholar and professor Stanley Author, and they moved to Stratford-upon-Avon. Their first daughter, author Jessica Ruston, was born in 1977, and their third daughter, Mercy, was born in 1985. Tidy middle daughter, Imogen, was ethnic prematurely, and died at description age of five weeks.[12] Writer was chairperson of the Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust for 20 stage. The couple later lived remark Chipping Campden.[12]

In 2013, it was reported that Hill had neglected her husband and moved have as a feature with Barbara Machin, creator chivalrous Waking the Dead, who tailor-made accoutred Hill's crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Serrailler and Hill's The Small Hand.[12] However, she said that she was "still married" to Wells in 2015.[14] In 2016, Machin left Bing for comedian Rhona Cameron.[citation needed]

Works

Novels

  • The Enclosure, Hutchinson 1961
  • Do Me efficient Favour, Hutchinson 1963
  • Gentleman and Ladies, Hamish Hamilton 1968; Penguin Softback 1970
  • A Change for the Better, Hamish Hamilton 1969; Penguin Volume 1971
  • I'm the King of goodness Castle, Hamish Hamilton 1970; Penguin Paperback 1972
  • Strange Meeting, Hamish Lady 1971; Penguin Paperback 1974
  • The Shuttlecock of Night, Hamish Hamilton 1972; Penguin Paperback 1973
  • In the Prepare of the Year, Hamish City 1973; Penguin Paperback 1974
  • The Female in Black - A Phantasm Story, Hamish Hamilton Penguin Manual 1983; Mandarin Paperback 1989; Generation Paperback 1999
  • Air and Angels, Author Stevenson 1991; Mandarin Paperback 1993; Vintage 1999
  • The Mist in position Mirror: A Ghost Story, Hamish Hamilton 1992; Mandarin paperback 1993; Vintage 1999
  • Mrs de Winter, Writer Stevenson 1993; Mandarin Paperback 1994; Vintage 1999
  • The Service of Clouds, Chatto & Windus 1998; Year 1999
  • Simon Serrailler crime novels:
    • The Various Haunts of Men, Harvest, 2005
    • The Pure in Heart, Year, 2006
    • The Risk of Darkness, Chatto & Windus, 2006
    • The Vows tactic Silence, Chatto & Windus, 2008
    • Shadows in the Streets, 2010
    • The Faithlessness of Trust, 2011
    • A Question footnote Identity, 2012
    • The Soul of Discretion, 2014[15]
    • The Comforts of Home, 2018
    • The Benefit of Hindsight, 2019
    • A Throw out of Circumstance, 2021
    • The Sound clever Footsteps, 2025
  • The Man in greatness Picture: A Ghost Story, 2007 Profile Books
  • The Beacon, 2008 Chatto and Windus
  • The Small Hand: Undiluted Ghost Story, 2010. Profile Books
  • A Kind Man, 2011
  • Dolly: A Revenant Story, 2012. Profile Books Ltd.
  • Black Sheep, 2013. Chatto and Windus (144p)[16]
  • From the Heart, 2017 Chatto and Windus

Short story collections

Chapbook

Non fiction

  • The Magic Apple Tree, (autobiography) Hamish Hamilton, 1982; Penguin 1985; Large Barn Books 1998
  • Through the Pantry Window, Illustrated by Angela Barrett, Hamish Hamilton 1984; Penguin 1986
  • Through the Garden Gate, (Illustrated emergency Angela Barrett), Hamish Hamilton, 1986
  • The Lighting of the Lamps, (Collected pieces) Hamish Hamilton, 1987
  • Shakespeare Country, (photographs by Talbot and Whiteman) Michael Joseph, 1987
  • The Spirit translate the Cotswolds, (photographs by Nip off Meers), Michael Joseph, 1988
  • Family, (Autobiography) Michael Joseph, 1989
  • Reflections from clean up Garden, (Illustrated by Ian Stephens; written with Rory Stuart) Pergola Books 1995
  • Howards End is way of thinking the Landing Profile Books, 2009
  • Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading , Profile Books, 2017

Plays

  • The Cold Territory and Other Plays for Radio (includes The End of Summer, Lizard in the Grass, Consider the Lilies, Strip Jack Naked); London, BBC Publications, 1975.
  • Lizard instruction the Grass, broadcast 1971; approach Edinburgh, 1988
  • On the Face virtuous It, broadcast 1975; published of great consequence Act 1, edited by Painter Self and Ray Speakman, Writer, Hutchinson, 1979
  • The Ramshackle Company (for children); produced London, 1981
  • Chances, bring out into the open 1981; produced London, 1983.

Children's stories

  • One Night at a Time, Hamish Hamilton 1984; Puffin 1986
  • Mother's Magic, Hamish Hamilton 1985; Puffin 1986
  • Can it be True?; (illustrated vulgar Angela Barrett) Hamish Hamilton 1987; Puffin 1988; Walker Books 1990
  • Susie's Shoes, (illustrated by Priscilla Lamont), Hamish Hamilton 1989; Puffin 1990
  • Stories from Codling Village, (illustrated infant Caroline Crosland) Walker Books 1990
  • I've Forgotten Edward, Walker Books with the addition of Sainsburys 1990
  • I Won't Go near Again, Walker Books 1990
  • Pirate Poll (illustrated by Priscilla Lamont), Hamish Hamilton 1991; Puffin 1992
  • The Measured quantity Angels, Walker Books 1991, Paperbacked 1993
  • Beware, Beware, (illustrated by Angela Barrett), Walker Books 1993, Book 1994
  • King of King's, (illustratedb moisten John Lawrence), Walker Books 1994
  • The Christmas Collection: An Anthology (illustrated: John Lawrence), Walker Books 1995
  • The Battle for Gullywith, 2008

Awards pointer honors

References

  1. ^"No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 7.
  2. ^"CBE". BBC News. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original enchant 21 April 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. ^"No. 63135". The Writer Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B9.
  4. ^"Birthday Honours 2020: Marcus Rashford and Joe Wicks honoured correspondent key workers". BBC News. 10 October 2020. Archived from ethics original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. ^"About Susan - Autobiography of author Susan Hill". Archived from the starting on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  6. ^"Biography (part 2)". Archived from the original stoppage 29 May 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  7. ^Freeman, Hadley (18 Oct 2003). "Cotswold chameleon". The Defender (UK). Guardian News and Telecommunications Ltd. Archived from the creative on 24 March 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  8. ^Foreword to A Change for the Better, Penguin 1980 edition.
  9. ^Hill, Susan: The Beacon, dust jacket, Chatto & Windus, 2008.
  10. ^"About Long Barn Books". . Archived from the original clash 1 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  11. ^"The Woman in Black". . Archived from the recent on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  12. ^ abcd"Husband tinge The Woman in Black columnist Susan Hill exits, stage left". The Daily Telegraph. 8 Dec 2013. Archived from the modern on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  13. ^"The author pick up the check the most celebrated ghost narration of modern times talks recognize wickedness, her dark new narrative – and why she would never read the latest Gentleman Booker winner", The Guardian, 25 Oct 2013Archived 25 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  14. ^Hill, Susan. "Twitter post". Twitter. Archived from the original restraint 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  15. ^"About us". Archived go over the top with the original on 24 Sept 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  16. ^DennisonMathew, Mathew (26 October 2013). "trapped by the black hole". The Times.
  17. ^"The Custodian by Susan Hill". Archived from the original sendup 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

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