Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah was born in 1971 in Manchester, England. She is an internationally successful poet and novelist, whose best-selling psychological and crime thrillers are published in 27 countries. In 2013, her latest novel, "The Carrier," won the Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Two of her novels, "The Point of Rescue" and "The Other Half Lives," have been adapted into a screenplay for the mini-TV series "Case Sensitive," which aired during 2011-2012. In 2004, she won first prize in the Daphne du Maurier short story competition for her gripping story "The Octopus Nest," now published in her first short story collection titled "The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets." She has also published five poetry collections, the latest of which, "Pessimism for Beginners," was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2007. She lives with her husband and their children in Cambridge, where she teaches at Lucy Cavendish College.