Rachel Abbott
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Manchester, England | |
Pen name | Rachel Abbott |
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 2011–present |
Genre | Fiction, crime, thriller |
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Early life
Abbott grew up near
Career
In 2009, Abbott decided to write a book about an average, everyday woman put into a situation where she had no other option but to commit murder.
Abbott followed up Only the Innocent in 2013 with The Back Road and in 2014 with Sleep Tight.[citation needed] Her fourth novel, Stranger Child, was published on 24 February 2015.[8] Later that year, she published the novella Nowhere Child, which has the same characters as Stranger Child.[9] In 2016, she published her sixth novel, Kill Me Again.[10] Her five novels and one novella all focus on relationships and crime, and all feature the same detective, Chief Inspector Tom Douglas. Abbott has described the character as "a genuinely honest, nice guy who just seems to be attracted to the wrong women."[11]
Working with an agent since 2012,[2] she published in the UK and through a publisher in North America.[12] Her books have been translated into seven different languages.[8]
By 2015, Abbott's first three novels, all published in the UK, with the first two published by
In 2017, The Express called her the "Queen of the twisted suspense novel."[16] That year, following a five-way auction, Abbott signed a two-book deal with Headline Publishing Group to become a hybrid author. The first book in the deal, And So It Begins, is a psychological thriller that asks if there can ever be a proper defence for murder. It introduced a new character, Sergeant Stephanie King, and was published in 2018.[17]
Abbott was invited to be a judge for Amazon's inaugural Kindle Storyteller Award in 2017, alongside model and actress Lily Cole and the Alliance of Independent Authors founder Orna Ross.[18]
In 2018, Abbott published her seventh novel, Come a Little Closer.[19] As of 2021, Abbott has sold more than four million copies of her books worldwide.
Personal life
Abbott and her husband divide their time between the
]Bibliography
Title | Publisher | Publication date | ISBN |
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Only the Innocent | Thomas & Mercer / Black Dot Publishing
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15 November 2011 | ISBN 978-0-9576522-1-7
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The Back Road | Thomas & Mercer / Black Dot Publishing | 3 March 2013 | ISBN 978-0-9576522-0-0
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Sleep Tight | Black Dot Publishing | 24 February 2014 | ISBN 978-0-9576522-3-1
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Stranger Child | Black Dot Publishing | 24 February 2015 | ISBN 978-0-9576522-4-8
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Nowhere Child (novella) | Black Dot Publishing | 29 October 2015 | ISBN 978-0957652255
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Kill Me Again | Black Dot Publishing | 17 February 2016 | ISBN 978-0957652262
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The Sixth Window | Black Dot Publishing | 21 February 2017 | ISBN 978-0957652286
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Come a Little Closer | Black Dot Publishing | 13 February 2018 | ISBN 978-1999943707
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And So It Begins | Wildfire | 15 November 2018 | ISBN 978-1472254894
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The Shape of Lies | Black Dot Publishing | 12 February 2019 | ISBN 978-1999943721
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Right Behind You | Black Dot Publishing | 16 January 2020 | ISBN 978-1999943738
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The Murder Game | Wildfire | 16 April 2020 | ISBN 978-1472254962
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Close Your Eyes | Black Dot Publishing | 11 February 2021 | ISBN 978-1999943745
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References
- ^ Stanford, Peter (23 April 2018). "Sleep apnoea: 'Doctors told me I hadn't slept for 10 years'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Dalya Alberge, "Crime writer hits killer 1m sales – with no publisher," The Sunday Times, 8 February 2015.
- ^ a b Hannah Furness, "Retiree who wrote novel for fun joins world-famous authors on bestseller list," The Daily Telegraph, 5 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ a b c Smita Mistry, "I Spent 14 Years Plotting a Murder!" Woman's Own, p. 38.
- ^ Lisa Campbell, "EL James tops five-year Amazon Kindle chart," The Bookseller, 5 August 2015.
- ^ Ben Falk, "How I Used My Retirement To Become Kindle’s Bestselling UK Author," Yahoo! Finance, 7 September 2015.
- ^ a b c "Bestselling writer in Alderney celebrates fourth novel," ITV Report, 24 February 2015.
- bt.com, 11 December 2015.
- ^ a b Rachel Abbott, "14 hour days, marketing and dealing with snobbery: my life as a self-published bestseller," The Guardian, 30 March 2016.
- ^ a b Caroline Carpenter, "Self-published Rodgers hits a million in sales," The Bookseller, 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Rachel Abbott: ‘Self-publishing means the success of my books is entirely down to me," The Guardian, 2 July 2013.
- ^ a b Alison Flood, "Kindle turns five: independent women thrive in ebook bestseller charts," The Guardian, 5 August 2015.
- ^ Stefan Kyriazis, "Female authors whip the men' asses after writing 18 OUT OF TOP 20 bestsellers in 2015," Daily Express, 26 August 2015.
- ^ Alison Flood, "The Girl on the Train tops Amazon's UK ebook sales this year so far," The Guardian, 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Rachel Abbott reveals how she wrote a best-selling novel while trapped in a SNOW STORM". Express. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Abbott goes hybrid for Headline". The Bookseller. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Lily Cole joins Amazon's Kindle Stoyteller Award judging panel". The Bookseller. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "COME A LITTLE CLOSER". Crime Fiction Lover. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.