Stephen Booth (born 1952) is an English crime-writer. He is the author of the Derbyshire-set Cooper and Fry series.
 Booth in 2021 | |
| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Burnley, Lancashire, England |
| Alma mater | Birmingham City University |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
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Early and personal life
editBooth was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of Jim and Edna Booth. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to Blackpool[1] where he attended Arnold School.[2] He lives with his wife Lesley in Retford, Nottinghamshire.[3][4]
Career
editFor over 27 years, he was a journalist for various newspapers and magazines including the Wilmslow Advertiser, Huddersfield Examiner, and the Worksop Guardian. He also worked as a sub-editor for the Daily Express and The Guardian.[5] In 2001 he gave this up to be a full-time novelist.[6]
Bibliography
editCooper and Fry series, about two young Derbyshire police detectives, Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, as they try to solve various murders:
- Black Dog (2000)[7]
- Dancing with the Virgins (2001)
- Blood on the Tongue (2002)
- Blind to the Bones (2003)
- One Last Breath (2004)
- The Dead Place (2005)
- Scared to Live (2006)
- Dying to Sin (2007)
- The Kill Call (2009)
- Lost River (2010)
- The Devil's Edge (2011)
- Dead and Buried (2012)
- Already Dead (2013)[8]
- The Corpse Bridge (2014)
- The Murder Road (2015)
- Secrets of Death (2016)
- Dead in the Dark (2017)
- Fall Down Dead (2018)
Ben Cooper novella:
- Claws (2007)[9]
Stand-alone novels:
- Top Hard (2011)[5]
- Drowned Lives (2019)
Awards and nominations
edit- 2001 – Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel: Black Dog
- 2001 – Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist): Dancing with the Virgins
- 2002 – Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel: Dancing With the Virgins
- 2003 – Dagger in the Library[10]
- 2006 – Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award (shortlist): One Last Breath
- 2007 – Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award (shortlist): The Dead Place
References
edit- ^ "SATURDAY PEOPLE: When dull life took a novel twist". Lancashire Telegraph. 6 October 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Stephen on short list for awards". Lancashire Telegraph. 7 September 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Crime pays for author Stephen". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 August 2000. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "20th Century Notts: 1985-1987". Nottingham City of Literature. 12 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Stephen Booth – biography". Stephen Booth. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Stephen Booth". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "The Cooper & Fry Series in Order". Stephen Booth. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Already Dead (Cooper & Fry, book 13) by Stephen Booth". Stephen Booth. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Signed copies of the Ben Cooper novella CLAWS". Stephen Booth. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "THE CWA's 2003 Dagger Awards". Crime Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.