Ann Cleeves
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Ann Cleeves
Early life and career
Cleeves was born in
Personal life
She lives in Whitley Bay,[1] and is widowed with two daughters.[4]
Honours, awards, and media appearances
In 2006 she won the
Cleeves was chosen as the 2017 recipient of the
In July 2022, Cleeves was awarded an honorary D.Litt. from Newcastle University for services to reading and libraries.[11]
Bibliography
Palmer-Jones
- A Bird in the Hand (1986), ISBN 978-0-712-69476-6
- Come Death and High Water (1987), ISBN 978-0-712-61670-6
- Murder in Paradise (1988), ISBN 978-0-712-61965-3
- A Prey to Murder (1989), ISBN 978-0-712-62557-9
- Another Man's Poison (1992), ISBN 978-0-333-58258-9
- Sea fever (1993), ISBN 978-0-333-60494-6
- The Mill on the Shore (1994), ISBN 978-0-333-61345-0
- High Island Blues (1996), ISBN 978-0-333-66011-9
Inspector Ramsay
- A Lesson in Dying (1990), ISBN 978-0-712-63415-1
- Murder in My Backyard (1991), ISBN 978-0-712-63830-2
- A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy (1992), ISBN 978-0-333-57093-7
- Killjoy (1993), ISBN 978-0-333-59275-5
- The Healers (1995), ISBN 978-0-333-63724-1
- The Baby Snatcher (1997), ISBN 978-0-333-69179-3
Vera Stanhope
These novels, except for The Glass Room, have been dramatized in the television series
- The Crow Trap (1999), ISBN 978-0-333-76627-9
- Telling Tales (2005), ISBN 978-1-405-04647-3
- Hidden Depths (2007), ISBN 978-1-405-05473-7
- Silent Voices (2011), ISBN 978-0-230-74581-0
- The Glass Room (2012), ISBN 978-0-230-74582-7
- Harbour Street (2014), ISBN 978-0-230-76018-9
- The Moth Catcher (2015), ISBN 978-1-447-27828-3
- The Seagull (2017), ISBN 978-1-447-27834-4
- The Darkest Evening (2020), ISBN 978-1-509-88951-8
- The Rising Tide (2022), ISBN 978-1-509-88961-7
- The Dark Wives (2024), ISBN 978-1-250-83684-7
Shetland
In 2013, Red Bones was dramatised by David Kane for BBC television as the first episode of the series Shetland, which stars Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. Episodes broadcast in 2014 were based on Raven Black, Dead Water, and Blue Lightning.[12]
- The Four Seasons Quartet
- ISBN 978-1-405-05472-0; Gold DaggerAward
- White Nights (2008), ISBN 978-0-312-38433-3
- Red Bones (2009), ISBN 978-0-230-01446-6
- Blue Lightning (2010), ISBN 978-0-312-38435-7
- The Four Elements Quartet
- Dead Water (2013), ISBN 978-0-230-76017-2
- Thin Air (2014), ISBN 978-0-230-76019-6
- Cold Earth (2016), ISBN 978-1-447-27818-4
- Wild Fire (2018), ISBN 978-1-447-27824-5
A Shetland Island series travel tie-in preceding the below released Too Good To Be True.
- Shetland (2015), ISBN 978-1-509-80979-0
A Shetland Island series novella following the above non-fiction Shetland and preceding Cold Earth.
- Too Good To Be True (2016), ISBN 978-1-509-80611-9; novella
Two Rivers
The first book is the adaptive basis for The Long Call ITV series starring Ben Aldridge as DI Matthew Venn.
- The Long Call (2019), ISBN 978-1-509-88956-3
- The Heron's Cry (2021), ISBN 978-1-509-88968-6
- The Raging Storm (2023), ISBN 978-1-529-07769-8
Standalone novels
- The Sleeping and the Dead (2001), ISBN 978-0-333-90648-4
- Burial of Ghosts (2003), ISBN 978-1-405-00113-7
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TV series adaptations
The Vera Stanhope novels have been dramatised as the TV detective series Vera beginning in 2011; the Jimmy Perez novels as the TV series Shetland; and the Matthew Venn novel The Long Call (from Cleeves' Two Rivers book series) as the TV series The Long Call (premiered autumn 2021). Some of the later episodes in the Vera and Shetland series were original scripts based on Cleeves's characters.
References
- ^ a b c Lobb, Adrian (19 March 2013). "Ann Cleeves interview for Shetland". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Anns Diary:On growing up and going back". 13 July 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Island secrets inspire Shetland author Ann Cleeves". Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Ann Cleeves".
- ^ Joanne Butcher (8 July 2014). "Vera writer Ann Cleeves gains honour from University of Sunderland - The Journal". journallive. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Dagger in the Library". Dead Good Books. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ Eyre, Charlotte (24 January 2017). "Ann Cleeves to receive CWA Diamond Dagger". The Bookseller. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ Desert Island Discs, 17 February 2019
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N11.
- ^ "Ann Cleeves and Matt Baker awarded Queen's honours". BBC News. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Leading lights in sport and literature given honorary degrees". 13 July 2022.
- ^ "'Shetland' gets full six-part series on BBC One". Digital Spy. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
External links
- Ann Cleeves: biography
- Ann Cleeves Interview with WritersNewsWeekly.com
- Interview on Keeper of the Snails
- Harbour Street : Review
- Story behind Harbour Street - Online essay by Ann Cleeves
- When a young archaeologist discovers a set of human remains, the locals are intrigued - Online Book Store
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