Mark Billingham
Biography
Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham is the author of nine novels, including SLEEPYHEAD, SCAREDY CAT, LAZYBONES, THE BURNING GIRL, LIFELESS and BURIED --- all Times (London) bestsellers --- as well as the stand-alone thriller IN THE DARK. For the creation of the Tom Thorne character, Billingham received the 2003 Sherlock Award for Best Detective created by a British writer, and he has twice won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. He has previously worked as an actor and stand-up comedian on British television and still writes regularly for the BBC. He lives in London with his wife and two children.
Mark Billingham
