Andrew Wilson (author)
Andrew Wilson is a British biographer, novelist and journalist.
Wilson was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, on 6 June 1967 and read English Literature at King's College, London, graduating in 1988. He studied for the post-graduate diploma in periodical journalism at City University, London.
Publications
Wilson is the author of Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith, The Man Who Invented Sex: A Life of Harold Robbins, The Lying Tongue, Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived, Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted, Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin.Wilson has also written a series of novels featuring Agatha Christie as a character. These include:
- A Talent for Murder, about the real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926
- A Different Kind of Evil
- Death in a Desert Land I Saw Him Die
Wilson's journalism has appeared in the Observer, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, Independent on Sunday, Daily Telegraph, and Tatler. He is also a creative writing mentor on the Gold Dust scheme.
Awards
- John Willis Memorial Prize for investigative journalism, 1989, City University.
- Edgar Allan Poe Award for best critical biography for Beautiful Shadow, 2003.
- LAMDA Literary Award for biography for Beautiful Shadow, 2003.