Louise Candlish is a British author. In 2019, her crime novel Our House won the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year award at the British Book Awards.[1] In 2021, the novel was adapted into an ITV drama starring Tuppence Middleton and Martin Compston.[2][3]
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In 2024, her book The Only Suspect won the Capital Crime Fingerprint award for thriller of the year.[4]
Early life
editCandlish was born in Hexham, Northumberland[5] and grew up in Northampton. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from University College London (UCL) in 1989.[6]
Published Books
editNovels:
- The Island Hideaway (2004)
- I'll Be There For You (2005)
- The Double Life Of Anna Day (2006)
- Since I Don't Have You (2007)
- The Second Husband (2008)
- Before We Say Goodbye (2009)
- Other People's Secrets (2010)
- The Day You Saved My Life (2012)
- The Disappearance of Emily Marr (2013)
- The Sudden Departure of the Frasers (2015)
- The Swimming Pool (2016)
- Our House (2018)
- Those People (2019)
- The Other Passenger (2020)
- The Heights (2021)
- The Only Suspect (2023)
- Our Holiday (2024)
Novellas:
- The Skylight (2021)
References
edit- ^ "Louise Candlish's Our House Wins at the British Book Awards". CurtisBrown.co.uk.
- ^ "On TV tonight, Louise Candlish's clever novel Our House gets a compelling adaptation on ITV". inews.co.uk. 7 March 2022.
- ^ Ravindran, Manori (11 March 2022). "London's Crazy Property Market Gets the Hitchcockian Treatment It Deserves in ITV Thriller 'Our House'".
- ^ Kemp-Habib, Alice. "The Bookseller - News - Lisa Jewell, Louise Candlish and Lynda La Plante win at 2024 Fingerprint Awards".
- ^ Duke, Simon (8 March 2022). "ITV's Our House based on book by Northumberland born author Louise Candlish". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Discover books by UCL alumni this World Book Day". UCL. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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