David Hewson
Encyclopedia
David Hewson is a contemporary British
author of crime and mystery novels. His series of modern crime stories featuring police officers in Rome
, led by the young detective Nic Costa, began with A Season for the Dead, and has now been contracted to run to at least nine instalments by British, American, European and Asian publishers. The author's debut novel
, Shanghai Thunder, was published by Robert Hale, in the United Kingdom, in 1986. Most copies of the book were sent to libraries, and it is not recognized in subsequent publications. His second book, Semana Santa, set in Spain during Holy Week
, was made into a movie starring Mira Sorvino
, and won the W H Smith
Fresh Talent prize for one of the best first novels of 1996. He has also written a number of standalone novels, including Lucifer's Shadow and The Promised Land and wrote the second chapter of the audio serial novel The Chopin Manuscript started by Jeffery Deaver
, with Lee Child
and 13 other co-writers, for the audiobook site Audible.com
. In June 2011 it was announced Hewson will write the novels based upon the first two series of the Danish TV series The Killing.
Hewson was involved in the campaign against development by Imperial College at Wye, Kent, starting the web-site save-wye.org. His self-published account of this successful campaign, Saved, was published in April 2007.
Hewson left school at seventeen and joined a local newspaper in the north of England. He was later a news, business and foreign reporter for The Times
, and features editor of The Independent
when it was launched in 1986. He served as a board member of International Thriller Writers
Inc. for four years until 2009.
Nic Costa-series
United Kingdom
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author of crime and mystery novels. His series of modern crime stories featuring police officers in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, led by the young detective Nic Costa, began with A Season for the Dead, and has now been contracted to run to at least nine instalments by British, American, European and Asian publishers. The author's debut novel
Debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel an author publishes. Debut novels are the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future...
, Shanghai Thunder, was published by Robert Hale, in the United Kingdom, in 1986. Most copies of the book were sent to libraries, and it is not recognized in subsequent publications. His second book, Semana Santa, set in Spain during Holy Week
Holy Week
Holy Week in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter...
, was made into a movie starring Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite and is also known for her role as Romy White in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.- Early life :Sorvino was born in Tenafly, New Jersey...
, and won the W H Smith
W H Smith
WHSmith plc is a British retailer, headquartered in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It is best known for its chain of high street, railway station, airport, hospital and motorway service station shops selling books, stationery, magazines, newspapers, and entertainment products...
Fresh Talent prize for one of the best first novels of 1996. He has also written a number of standalone novels, including Lucifer's Shadow and The Promised Land and wrote the second chapter of the audio serial novel The Chopin Manuscript started by Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver is an American mystery/crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He later practiced law before embarking on a successful career as a best-selling...
, with Lee Child
Lee Child
Jim Grant , better known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British thriller writer. His wife Jane is a New Yorker, and they currently live in New York state. His first novel, Killing Floor, won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel....
and 13 other co-writers, for the audiobook site Audible.com
Audible.com
Audible.com is an Internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers....
. In June 2011 it was announced Hewson will write the novels based upon the first two series of the Danish TV series The Killing.
Hewson was involved in the campaign against development by Imperial College at Wye, Kent, starting the web-site save-wye.org. His self-published account of this successful campaign, Saved, was published in April 2007.
Hewson left school at seventeen and joined a local newspaper in the north of England. He was later a news, business and foreign reporter for The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, and features editor of The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
when it was launched in 1986. He served as a board member of International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers
International Thriller Writers, Inc., was founded October 9, 2004, at a meeting at Bouchercon World Mystery and Suspense Conference in Toronto, Canada. Six months later, some 150 authors with more than one billion books sold worldwide had joined the organization as founding members.Co-founders...
Inc. for four years until 2009.
Novels
- Shanghai Thunder (1986) ISBN 0-7090-2553-X
- Semana Santa (1995) ISBN 3-550-08239-8 (reissued as "Death in Seville" (2010) ISBN 978-0-330-51990-8)
- EpiphanyEpiphany (novel)Epiphany is a 1997 mystery novel by British author David Hewson. The story delves between two linear timelines, one in the 1970s the other the 1990s, and explores elements of drugs, murder and quantum physical philosophy.-Plot summary:...
(1997) ISBN 0-00-649706-3 - Solstice (1998) ISBN 0-446-52449-2
- Native Rites (1999) ISBN 0-00-651358-1
- Lucifer’s Shadow (revised edition re-entitled The Cemetery Of Secrets) (2001) ISBN 0-385-33794-9
- The Promised Land (2007)
Nic Costa-series
- A Season for the Dead (2003) ISBN 0-385-33722-1
- The Villa of Mysteries (2004) ISBN 0-385-33772-8
- The Sacred Cut (2005) ISBN 0-385-33849-X
- The Lizard’s Bite (2006)
- The Seventh Sacrament (2007)
- The Garden of Evil (2008) Shortlisted for Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award 2009.
- Dante's Numbers (revised edition The Dante Killings in the US) (2008)
- The Blue Demon (City Of Fear in the US) (2009)
- The Fallen Angel (2011) ISBN 978-0230529373
- Carnival for the Dead (2012) ISBN 978-0230755932
Anthologies
- The Chopin Manuscript (with Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child and others, Audible audio serial (20072008 in literatureThe year 2008 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*January 1 - In the 2008 New Year Honours, Hanif Kureishi , Jenny Uglow , Peter Vansittart and Debjani Chatterjee are all rewarded for "services to literature".*June 15 - Gore Vidal, asked in a New York Times...
)
Awards
In 2008, Hewson and narrator Saul Reichlin won the prize for best unabridged audiobook in the UK for The Seventh Sacrament. In 2009 the sixth Nic Costa novel, The Garden of Evil, won the American Library Association's best genre fiction reading list award for mystery.External links
- David Hewson's web site
- David Hewson Interview
- "The Chopin Manuscript" at Audible.comAudible.comAudible.com is an Internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers....