Sharon Bolton
“Chilling, eerie and intense.” News of the World
Sharon (formerly SJ) Bolton grew up in a cotton-mill town in Lancashire and had a varied early career in marketing and public relations. She gave it up to become a mother and a writer.
Her first novel, Sacrifice, was voted Best New Read by Amazon.uk, whilst her second, Awakening, won the 2010 Mary Higgins Clark award. In 2014, Lost, (UK title, Like This, For Ever) was named RT Magazine’s Best Contemporary Thriller in the US, and in France, Now You See Me won the Plume de Bronze. That same year, Sharon was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library. She has been shortlisted for the CWA gold and steel daggers.
Interviews
The Split
Sharon talks to Radio Five Live’s Phil Williams.
That’s Oxfordshire
Sharon and fellow Oxford crime writer Peter Tickler talk to Eve Ahmed about their books.
Front Row
15 September 2016. Sharon talks to Samira Ahmed and SJ Parris about whether authors need to visit their book locations.
Front Row
8 December 2015. Sharon talks to Samira Ahmed about her latest book, Little Black Lies.
Countdown
CrimeReview asks some testing questions.
The Last Word
The Last Word Book Reviews, 30 June 2015, on the publication of Little Black Lies, UK
Kirkus
Kirkus reviews, 19 May 2015, on the publication of Little Black Lies, US.
You Wrote the Book
Book Based Banter, 24 December 2014. A podcast interview about the Lacey Flint series.
“Schooled in Death”
Publishers Weekly, 6 April 2012, on the publication of Dead Scared, US.
Crime Writers With Killer Ideas
BBC Online, 21 July 2011
Sharon Bolton’s Gritty Novels…
Lancashire Telegraph, 1 June 2009.
