About

Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah is a British crime writer and poet. Born in Manchester, England in 1971, she studied English at the University of Cambridge. After graduating, she worked as a journalist and editor before publishing her first novel, "Little Face," in 2006. Hannah's crime novels have gained critical acclaim for their psychological suspense and intricate plots. She has written eleven standalone thrillers and four novels featuring the fictional detective Charlie Zailer. Her notable works include "The Carrier" (2013), "The Child" (2019), and "Haven't They Grown" (2023). Hannah's writing has been praised for its atmospheric tension and exploration of complex moral dilemmas. She has received several awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library for "Little Face" and the Mary Higgins Clark Award for "The Carrier." Her novels have been translated into over 30 languages and have become international bestsellers.

Book Series by Sophie Hannah

Zailer & Waterhouse Mysteries Series

Little Face

2006

Hurting Distance / The Truth-Teller\'s Lie

2007

The Wrong Mother / The Point of Rescue

2008

The Other Half Lives / The Dead Lie Down

2009

A Room Swept White / The Cradle in the Grave

2010

Lasting Damage / The Other Woman\'s House

2011

Kind of Cruel

2012

The Carrier

2013

The Telling Error / Woman with a Secret

2014

The Narrow Bed / The Next to Die

2016

The Couple at the Table

2022

New Hercule Poirot Mysteries Series

The Monogram Murders

2014

Closed Casket

2016

The Mystery of Three Quarters

2018

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

2020

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

2023

Sophie Hannah Other Novels

Gripless

1999

Cordial and Corrosive

2000

The Superpower of Love

2002

The Orphan Choir

2014

A Game for All the Family

2015

Keep Her Safe / Did You See Melody?

2017

The Understudy ( With: Clare Mackintosh, B.A. Paris, Holly Brown)

2019

Perfect Little Children / Haven't They Grown

2020

The Opposite of Murder

2026

Sophie Hannah Short Stories/Novellas

Pictures or It Didn't Happen

2015

The Warning

2015

Only Joseph (Short Story)

2018

Sophie Hannah Short Story Collections

Second Helping of Your Heart (Short Story)

1994

The Hero and the Girl Next Door (Short Story)

1995

Hotels like Houses (Short Story)

1997

Leaving and Leaving You (Short Story)

1999

First of the Last Chances (Short Story)

2003

Leeds Stories 2 (Short Story)

2005

Pessimism for Beginners (Short Story)

2007

The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets

2008

Ideas Above Our Station

2010

The Poetry of Sex

2014

Marrying the Ugly Millionaire

2015

The Visitors Book (Short Story)

2016

Sophie Hannah Picture Books

Carrot the Goldfish (Short Story)

1992

Early Bird Blues (Short Story)

1997

The Box Room (Short Story)

2002

Sophie Hannah Non-Fiction Books

How to Hold a Grudge

2019

Happiness, a Mystery: And 66 Attempts to Solve It

2020

Sophie Hannah Collections

Love Me Slender: Poems About Love (Short Story)

2000

Selected Poems

2006

Something Untoward

2012

Sophie Hannah Anthologies

Hyphen: Anthology of Short Stories by Poets

2004

Bonne Route

2008

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7

2010

Deadlier

2017

Ten Year Stretch

2018

Everyday Kindness

2021

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