Sarah Hilary

Jun 26, 2024 | thebookseller.com | Sarah Hilary

With festival season in full swing, it’s worth knowing the book world almost certainly has a high proportion of neurodivergent (ND) people, as well as introverts and those with social anxiety. Easy to forget, when you’re in a tent filled with happily chattering authors, that this is not our natural habitat. I’ve been part of book festivals for over 15 years, as an audience member, volunteer, speaker, chair and organiser.

Jan 31, 2024 | panmacmillan.com | Ann Cleeves |Erin Kelly |Mick Herron |Sarah Hilary

AmazonBlackwell'sBookshop.orgFoylesWaterstonesWH SmithWorderyImprint: MacmillanSynopsisSarah Hilary, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year winner and author of Black Thorn, returns with Sharp Glass. Trapped and alone in a remote house in the country, one woman must find a way to defeat a captor who has no intention of letting her go. 'A master of her craft. In every book she makes the words sing'... Details416 pagesImprint: MacmillanReviewsI’ve loved Sarah’s work from the beginning.

Jul 17, 2023 | writing.ie | Sarah Hilary

‘The first nugget of an idea . . .’Writers have an odd relationship with ideas. We are constantly seeking them, and always fearing we will run out of them; dry up, or else discover our idea has been done before, and better. When an idea first lands, it is quite usual for a writer to look the other way in case – like a fledgling bird – the idea should take fright and vanish. We proceed with caution, putting out crumbs, waiting to see if the idea has legs (and wings).

Jul 11, 2023 | crimereads.com | Sarah Hilary

It is not the greatest moment in Hitchcock’s Suspicion but it’s a good one: when Joan Fontaine fends off Cary Grant as their car skirts dangerously close to the edge of a cliff. We watch in horror to see what happens next.