Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel was one of the greatest British novelists of her generation, whose Thomas Cromwell Wolf Hall trilogy blends historical fiction with thriller-like plotting and psychological intensity. Her murder mystery Beyond Black is a harrowing ghost story that is among the finest British horror novels of the 21st century. She is the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice.
Works
- Wolf HallHistorical novel reimagining the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII
- Bring Up the BodiesSequel exploring Cromwell's ascendancy as he orchestrates the fall of Anne Boleyn
- The Mirror and the LightFinal trilogy installment chronicling Cromwell's power and its ultimate dissolution under Henry VIII
- Beyond BlackNovel of a medium and her fractured relationships with family and the living world
- FluddNovella of a woman who discovers an emaciated saint-like figure in her English convent
- Giving Up the GhostMemoir exploring family trauma, loss, and the author's path to becoming a writer
- A Change of ClimateNovel set in post-colonial Africa following British missionaries caught between faith and survival
- A Place of Greater SafetyHistorical novel set during the French Revolution following interconnected lives of revolutionaries
- Ink in the Blood
- Hilary Mantel: A Collection
- Mantel Pieces
- Eight Months on Ghazzah StreetNovel of a British diplomatic wife's increasing isolation in a Middle Eastern city