Andrew Wilson (author) explained

Andrew Wilson (born 1967) is a British biographer, novelist and journalist.^[1]

Wilson was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, on 6 June 1967 and read English Literature at King's College, London, graduating in 1988. He studied for the post-graduate diploma in periodical journalism at City University, London.^[2]

Publications

Wilson is the author of Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith (Bloomsbury, 2003),^[3] The Man Who Invented Sex: A Life of Harold Robbins (Bloomsbury, 2007),^[4] The Lying Tongue (Canongate in UK, Atria in US, 2007),^[5] Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived (Simon & Schuster, 2012),^[6] Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted (Simon & Schuster in UK, Scribner in the US, 2013),^[7] Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin (Simon & Schuster, 2015).^[8]

Wilson has also written a series of novels featuring Agatha Christie as a character. These include:

• A Talent for Murder, about the real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 (Simon & Schuster, 2017)^[9]
• A Different Kind of Evil (Simon & Schuster, 2018)^[10]
• Death in a Desert Land (Simon & Schuster, 2019)^[11]
• I Saw Him Die (Simon & Schuster, 2020) ^[12]

Writing under the pseudonym E.V. Adamson, he is the author of the psychological thriller Five Strangers (HarperCollins, 2021) ^[13]

Wilson's journalism has appeared in the Observer, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, Independent on Sunday, Daily Telegraph, and Tatler. He is also a creative writing mentor on the Gold Dust scheme.^[14]

Awards

• John Willis Memorial Prize for investigative journalism, 1989, City University.
• Edgar Allan Poe Award for best critical biography for Beautiful Shadow, 2003.
• LAMDA Literary Award for biography for Beautiful Shadow, 2003.

External links

• Andrew Wilson’s official website

Notes and References

1. News: Sansom . Ian . A Talent for Murder . 23 June 2019 . Guardian . Guardian.
2. Web site: Andrew Wilson . Encyclopedia.com . 23 June 2019.
3. News: Beautiful Shadow . 23 June 2019 . Sunday Times.
4. News: Cooke . Rachel . A Real Cock and Bull Story . 23 June 2019 . Observer . 14 October 2007.
5. News: Millar . Peter . The Lying Tongue . 23 June 2019 . Times . 19 May 2007.
6. News: McCrum . Robert . The Titanic still offers rich pickings for authors . 23 June 2019 . Observer . 11 March 2012.
7. News: FitzHerbert . Claudia . Mad Girl's Love Song . 23 June 2019 . Daily Telegraph . 12 February 2013.
8. News: Byrne . Paula . Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/alexander-mcqueen-blood-beneath-the-skin-by-andrew-wilson-book-review-10086811.html . 7 May 2022 . subscription . live . 23 June 2019 . Independent . 5 March 2015.
9. News: East . Ben . A Talent for Murder . 23 June 2019 . Observer . Guardian News . 21 May 2017.
10. News: Sanderson . Mark . A Different Kind of Evil . 23 June 2019 . Evening Standard . 31 May 2018.
11. News: Death in Desert Land . 23 June 2019 . Publishers Weekly . 9 May 2019.
12. News: I Saw Him Die . 22 August 2020 . Publishers Weekly.
13. Web site: Chandler . Mark . Bookseller .
14. Web site: Gold Dust mentor . Gold Dust . 23 June 2019.