Hilary Mary Thompson 6 July 1952 Glossop, Derbyshire, England
Died
22 September 2022(2022-09-22) (aged 70) Exeter, Devon, England
Occupation
Novelist
short story writer
essayist
critic
Language
English
Education
London School of Economics
University of Sheffield (LLB)
Period
1985–2020
Notable works
Wolf Hall
Bring Up the Bodies
Fludd
Beyond Black
Notable awards
Booker Prize 2009, 2012
Walter Scott Prize 2010, 2021
Costa Novel Prize 2012
Spouse
Gerald McEwen
(m. 1973; div. 1981)
(m. 1982)
Hilary Mantel's voice
from the BBC programme Bookclub, 6 October 2013[1]
Website
hilary-mantel.com
Photos
Hilary Mantel, 17 October 2012[2]
Hilary Mantel, 8 March 2020[3]
Dame Hilary Mary MantelDBE FRSL (/mænˈtɛl/man-TEL;[4] born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories.[5] Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was released in 1985. She went on to write 12 novels, two collections of short stories, a personal memoir, and numerous articles and opinion pieces.
Mantel won the Booker Prize twice: the first was for her 2009 novel Wolf Hall, a fictional account of Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII, and the second was for its 2012 sequel Bring Up the Bodies. The third installment of the Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was longlisted for the same prize.[6] The trilogy has gone on to sell more than 5 million copies.
^"Hilary Mantel – Bring Up the Bodies". Bookclub. 6 October 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^"Writer Hilary Mantel is photographed for the Financial Times in London, England. (Photo by A.J.Levy/Contour)". Getty Images. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^"Hilary Mantel is photographed for the New York Times on February 24, 2020 in Sunningdale, England. (Photo by Ellie Smith/Contour)". Getty Images. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^Sangster, Catherine (14 September 2009). "How to Say: JM Coetzee and other Booker authors". BBC News. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^"Literature: Writers: Hilary Mantel". British Council. 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
^"The 2020 Booker Prize longlist announced". The Booker Prizes. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel DBE FRSL (/mænˈtɛl/ man-TEL; born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical...
The Mirror & The Light is a historical novel by the English writer HilaryMantel. Following Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012), it is the...
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was HilaryMantel, an early favourite, for her book Bring Up the Bodies, the sequel to her novel Wolf Hall, which won the award in 2009. Mantel became...
1530–1580), whose early life is a complete mystery. According to novelist HilaryMantel, "Cromwell had an illegitimate daughter, and beyond the fact that she...
spin-off television series for Disney, Andor. He collaborated with HilaryMantel on the adaptation of her novel, The Mirror and the Light, into a play...
A Change of Climate is a novel by English author HilaryMantel, first published in 1994 by Viking Books. At the time The Observer described it as the...
on Ghazzah Street (1988) is the third novel by English author Dame HilaryMantel, who won the Man Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012. It tells the story of...
novels", The Guardian, 2 February 2010 Lea, Richard (21 June 2010). "HilaryMantel wins Walter Scott historical fiction prize for Wolf Hall". The Guardian...
14–15. Pearson, Allison (5 March 2020). "The Mirror and the Light, by HilaryMantel, review: a little baggy, but still brilliant". The Telegraph. Retrieved...
here from his retirement in 1956 until his death in 1995. Writer Dame HilaryMantel (1952-2022), author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, lived here...
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Hilary Mantel, 17 October 2012[2]