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Publication History | Personal CV

2007– THE CHAMELEON'S SHADOW

2006– CHICKENFEED (Novella - won 2006 Quick Reads Learners' Favourite award)

2005 – THE DEVIL'S FEATHER

2005 – THE TINDER BOX

2003 – DISORDERED MINDS (Shortlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, Harrogate, 2005)

2002 – FOX EVIL (Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award, UK)

2001 – ACID ROW (Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award, UK; also for the Grand Prix des Lectrices d’Elle, France)

2000 – THE SHAPE OF SNAKES (winner of the Pelle Rosencrantz Prize, Denmark)

1998 – THE BREAKER

1997 – THE ECHO

1995 – THE DARK ROOM (Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award, UK)

1994 – THE SCOLD’S BRIDLE (Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award, UK)

 

1993 – THE SCULPTRESS (Winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award, USA; also the Macavity Award, USA)

1992 – THE ICE HOUSE (Winner of the CWA John Creasey Award, UK)

1972 – 1980: Numerous short stories, features, serials and romantic novelettes, all written anonymously or under pseudonyms.

 

Personal CV

Name:
Minette Walters
Place of birth:
Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK
School:
Godolphin School, Salisbury (1962 – 1967)
Gap year:
Voluntary service in Israel (March – September, 1968)
University:
Durham University (1968 – 1971)
Degree:
French BA
First 2 jobs:
Secretarial positions (September, 1971 – March 1972)
3rd job:
Barmaid (Summer, 1972)
4th job:
Sub-editor, editor IPC magazines (Autumn, 72 – Summer, 77)
5th job:
Freelance author (Summer, 77 - )
Married:
August, 1978
Husband:
Alec Walters
Children:
Two boys
Siblings:
2 brothers, one older, one younger
Presently residing:
Near Dorchester, Dorset, UK

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