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Stephen BoothStephen BoothBack | Genres | Bibliography | Prizes and awards | Author statement | Contact details | Related links | Printer-friendly version
BiographyStephen Booth was born in Burnley and brought up in Blackpool, Lancashire. After graduating from Birmingham Polytechnic, he became a newspaper and magazine journalist. A specialist rugby union reporter, he also worked as sub-editor on the Daily Express and The Guardian. Later, he wrote for local newspapers in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, becoming Regional Secretary of the British Guild of Editors.
In 1999 he entered an unpublished mystery novel, The Only Dead Thing, for the Lichfield Prize and won. His first subsequent novel to be published was Black Dog (2000), named by the London Evening Standard as one of the best six crime novels of 2000. Dancing with the Virgins (2001) followed, and was shortlisted for the 2001 Crime Writers' Association Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction Award. These were followed by two equally popular novels - Blood on the Tongue (2002) and Blind to the Bones (2003). Further novels in the series are One Last Breath (2004); The Dead Place (2005); Scared To Live (2006); Dying To Sin (2008); and, most recently, The Kill Call (2009).
All his novels are set in the Derbyshire Peak District and feature two young detectives, DC Ben Cooper, and DS Diane Fry. In 2007, a novella, Claws, was published.
Stephen Booth became a full-time writer in 2001 and lives in Nottinghamshire.
Genres (in alphabetical order)Crime
BibliographyBlack Dog HarperCollins, 2000 Dancing with the Virgins HarperCollins, 2001 Blood on the Tongue HarperCollins, 2002 Blind to the Bones HarperCollins, 2003 One Last Breath HarperCollins, 2004 The Dead Place HarperCollins, 2005 Scared To Live HarperCollins, 2006 Claws (novella) Five Leaves, 2007 Dying to Sin HarperCollins, 2008 The Kill Call HarperCollins, 2009
Prizes and awards1999 Lichfield Prize 2001 Anthony Award for Best First Mystery Novel (shortlist) Black Dog 2001 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel Black Dog 2001 Crime Writers' Association Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction (shortlist) Dancing with the Virgins 2002 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel Dancing with the Virgins 2002 Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award (shortlist) Blood on the Tongue 2003 Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award Blind To The Bones 2003 Dorothy Parker Award for Excellence (shortlist) Blood on the Tongue 2003 Sherlock Award for Best Detective (shortlist) Blood on the Tongue 2005 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) Blind To The Bones 2006 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) One Last Breath 2007 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) The Dead Place
Author statementFrom the moment I could read other people's stories, I started to write my own - with the result that I finished my first novel when I was 12 years old. It's important for me to be excited about what I do, and to be interested in the subjects I write about. Otherwise, how can I expect readers to be interested and excited? I suppose my greatest ambition is for my characters to live on after I've gone. The idea of a vicarious immortality is very appealing! And I think I'm very, very lucky to have become involved in crime fiction at a time when the genre is so vibrant and diverse. The boundaries are continually expanding, and the possibilities for crime writers seem endless.
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