Gillian Linscott (born 27 September 1944) is a British author. She studied at Somerville College, Oxford.
Gillian Linscott | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 27, 1944 Windsor, England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Notable awards | The Ellis Peters Historical Dagger The Herodotus Award for the Best International Historical Mystery Novel |
| Partner | Anthony Joseph Vincent Geraghty |
She worked as a journalist for the Liverpool Daily Post, Birmingham Post, The Guardian and BBC, before becoming a novelist, specialising in crime writing.[1] Her novel Absent Friends won the 2000 British Crime Writers' Association prize The Ellis Peters Historical Dagger.
She is married to author Tony Geraghty and lives in Herefordshire.[1]
Bibliography
edit- A Healthy Body (1984)
- Murder Makes Tracks (1985)
- Knightfall (1986)
- A Whiff Of Sulphur (1987)
- Unknown Hand (1988)
- Murder, I Presume (1990)
- Sister Beneath the Sheet (1991)
- Hanging on the Wire (1992)
- Stage Fright (1993)
- Widow's Peak (1994) (a.k.a. An Easy Day for a Lady)
- Crown Witness (1995)
- Dead Man's Music (1996) (a.k.a. Dead Man's Sweetheart)
- Dance On Blood (1998)
- Absent Friends (1999)
- The Perfect Daughter (2000)
- Dead Man Riding (2002)
- The Garden (2003)
- Blood On The Wood (2003)
Caro Peacock
editLinscott writes the Liberty Lane detective/mystery series using the pen name Caro Peacock.[2]
- Death At Dawn (2007) (ISBN 0007244193), in the USA as A Foreign Affair (ISBN 0061445894), and in Italy as Morte all'alba (ISBN 8862510195)
- Death of a Dancer (2008) (ISBN 0007244207), in the USA as A Dangerous Affair (ISBN 006144748X)
- A Corpse in Shining Armour (2009) (ISBN 0007244231), in the USA as A Family Affair (ISBN 0061447498)
- When the Devil Drives (2011) (ISBN 178029011X)
- Keeping Bad Company (2012) (ISBN 1780290209)
- The Path of the Wicked (2013) (ISBN 1780290411)
- Friends in High Places (2015) (ISBN 0727885057)
Prizes
edit- The Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, 2000, for Absent Friends
- The Herodotus Award for the Best International Historical Mystery Novel (2000), for Absent Friends
References
edit- ^ a b page 147, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33428-5
- ^ Linscott, Gillian. "Caro Peacock ... Also Known As Gillian Linscott".
External links
edit- Author web site
- FantasticFiction: Gillian Linscott
- twobooks.co.uk: Gillian Linscott
- New Statesman: "Dawn raids: A guide to the etiquette" by Gillian Linscott, 1998
- New Statesman: "It can't happen here - can it?" by Gillian Linscott, 1999
- The story behind Friends in High Places - Essay by Caro Peacock, 2015