Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is an acclaimed British writer, best known for her fast-paced crime fiction, such as the saga Vera Stanhope —adapted to the small screen in series format by ITV—. Throughout her literary career she has stood out in the media with a variety of works that have been read worldwide.
The author has been nominated for multiple awards, having won several of them, such as the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, obtained thanks to her book Raven black (2006) He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Sunderland in 2014.. Likewise, Cleeves was Programming Chair of Theakstons' Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and Theakstons' Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.
Biography
Ann Cleeves was born in 1959, in Hertfordshire, north of Devon, England. She did her high school studies at Barnstaple Grammar School. Subsequently, He attended the chair of English at the University of Sussex, which he left to be able to work. Throughout her life she worked in many sectors of the economy: cook at the Fair Isle bird observatory, parole officer, auxiliary coast guard and library outreach worker.
Before dedicating herself fully to literature, she also worked as a child care officer. Although His taste for reading and literature had always been part of his life., her interest as a writer grew during a time when she and her ex-husband—a forest ranger and ornithologist—settled in a distant mountainous region.
There wasn't much else to do there but look out the windows and listen to the birds sing, so he spent his time writing stories. His literary career has been filled with nominations, awards and television adaptations of his works. Thanks to her success, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Crime Thriller, holding a place alongside Jo Nesbo, Colin Dexter, Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.
One of his greatest passions is library science, activity he enjoys while writing at the Lit and Phil library in Newcastle, one of his favorite centres. The author is currently divorced, lives in Whitley Bay and has two daughters.
Works by Ann Cleeves
Bibliography
Palmer-Jones saga
- A Bird in the Hand — a bird in hand (1986);
- Come Death and High Water — Come death and high tide (1987);
- Murder in Paradise — Murder in paradise (1988);
- A Prey to Murder — Prey of murder (1989);
- Another Man's Poison — Another man's poison (1992);
- sea fever — sea fever (1993);
- The Mill on the Shore — The shore mill (1994);
- High Island Blues — High Island Blues (1996)
Inspector Ramsay Saga
- A Lesson in Dying — A lesson about death (1990);
- Murder in My Backyard — Murder in my backyard (1991);
- A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy — A day in the death of Dorothea Cassidy (1992);
- killjoy — Killjoy (1993);
- The Healers — Healers (1995);
- The Baby Snatcher — The baby thief (1997)
Vera Stanhope Saga
- The Crow Trap — The crow trap (1999);
- Telling Tales — Telling stories (2005);
- Hidden Depths — Hidden depths (2007);
- Silent Voices — silent voices (2011);
- The Glass Room — The glass room (2012);
- Harbor Street — Harbor Street (2014);
- The Moth Catcher — The moth catcher (2015);
- The Seagull — La gaviota (2017);
- The Darkest Evening — The darkest night (2020);
- The Rising Tide — The rising tide (2022)
Saga Shetland
The Four Seasons Quartet
- Raven black — black Raven (2006);
- White Nights — White Nights (2008);
- Red Bones — red bones (2009);
- blue lightning — Blue ray (2010);
The quartet of the four elements
- dead water — Dead water (2013);
- thin air — thin air (2014);
- Cold Earth — Cold land (2016);
- Wild fire — Wild fire (2018);
- Shetland (2015);
- Too Good To Be True — Too good to be true (2016)
Saga Two rivers
- The Long Call — The long call (2019);
- The Heron's Cry — The cry of the heron (2021);
- The Raging Storm — The raging storm (2023);
Independent novels
- The Sleeping and the Dead — The sleepers and the dead (2001);
- Burial of Ghosts — ghost burial (2003)
Most notable books by Ann Cleeves
Saga Vera Stanhope
The saga tells the adventures of police inspector Vera Stanhope, a Kimmerston officer. It is a expert criminalist known for using her privileged mind to solve cases of the most wanted murderers. This title is best known for having been adapted into a 2011 ITV series, whose protagonist is actress Brenda Blethyn.
In the first book —A trap for crows— The facts of a terrible murder are recounted. A biologist named Rachel Lambert settles in the North Pennines to work on an ecological project. Staying with her are Anne, one of the local botanists, and Grace, a stranger who is an expert in zoology.
Arriving, The protagonist finds the body of her best friend. The incident seems like a suicide, but Rachel suspects that someone killed her. Soon, there is another victim in equal circumstances, which makes Inspector Vera Stanhope appear to try to solve the mystery.
Saga Shetland
This is the best-selling series of novels by Ann Cleeves, in addition, It became one of the BBC's most important TV series. The work narrates the experiences lived in Shetland, an archipelago of more than 100 islands.
It is one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom, full of beaches, cliffs, meadows and hills. Here, Ann develops character and homicide stories. Its protagonist is Jimmy Perez, a daring detective inspector.
The plot of the first book begins on a snowy New Year. Fran Hunter, one of the inhabitants of Shetland, is attracted to the only dark element that lies in the snow: the strangled corpse of his teenage neighbor, which is flown over by crows.
The body is found near the house of a marginalized person, which causes the crime investigation to fall on him. However, when Jimmy Perez enters the scene, the search expands.
