English barrister and detective fiction author (1939–2000)
Sarah Caudwell
Born
Sarah Cockburn (1939-05-27)27 May 1939 London, England, UK
Died
28 January 2000(2000-01-28) (aged 60) London, England, UK
Occupation
Writer, barrister
Education
University of Aberdeen St Anne's College, Oxford
Genre
Mystery
Subject
Law
Notable awards
1990 Anthony Award
Relatives
Claud Cockburn (father) Jean Ross (mother)
Sarah Cockburn (27 May 1939 – 28 January 2000), who wrote under the pseudonym of Sarah Caudwell, was a British barrister and author of detective stories.[1] Her series of four murder stories written between 1980 and 1999 centered on a group of young barristers practicing in Lincoln's Inn, narrated by a Hilary Tamar, a professor of medieval law whose gender is never specified, who fills the role of detective.
^Chamier Grove, Jenny (8 February 2000). "Witty barrister who turned her cases into crime thrillers". The Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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