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\u201cThe genius of Hannah’s domestic thrillers – along with the twistiest plots known to woman – is that she creates ordinary people whose psychological quirks make them as monstrous as any serial killer.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>|<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/em>The\u00a0Guardian<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font_size=”24″ background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.5)” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”7%|9%|7%|9%” use_border_color=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u201cHannah\u2019s mastery of plot and character are simply peerless.\u201d <\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>|\u00a0 Heat\u00a0<\/em>magazine<\/strong> Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times<\/em>, New York Times<\/em> and Amazon Kindle UK No. 1 bestselling writer of crime fiction, published in forty-nine languages and fifty-one territories. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide. She writes contemporary psychological thrillers and, at the request of Agatha Christie\u2019s family and estate, the new series of Hercule Poirot novels.<\/p>\n Sophie\u2019s murder mystery musical,\u00a0The Mystery of Mr E<\/em>, was released as a feature film in 2023, directed by Martyn Tott, and is available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV+ and soon to be on several other platforms too. In 2023, Sophie won the Crime Writers Association\u2019s Dagger in the Library Award for her body of work, and in 2013 her thriller The Carrier won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Sophie is also a poet and has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A Level and degree level across the UK.<\/p>\n In 2018, she created the How to Hold a Grudge<\/em> podcast,\u00a0based on her self-help book of the same name. 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