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Sarah Pearse
English author (born 1981) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarah Victoria Pearse (born June 1981) is an English author. Her debut thriller novel The Sanatorium (2020), The retreath (2022) the first and second in a trilogy, became a #1 Sunday Times bestseller and a New York Times bestseller.
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Early life
Pearse was born in the Torbay area of Devon.[1] She attended Oldway Primary School in Paignton[2] and Torquay Girls' Grammar School.[3] She graduated from the University of Warwick with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English literature and Creative Writing.[4] She went on to study Broadcast Journalism at Falmouth University.[5]
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Before becoming a full-time writer, Pearse worked in PR. During maternity leave,[6] she began writing short stories, which were published in Mslexia and Litro Magazine. She named Agatha Christie, Tessa Hadley, Michel Bussi, and Michelle Paver as influences.[7]
In 2019, in a two-book deal, Transworld acquired the rights to publish Pearse's debut novel The Sanatorium in 2020.[8] The Swiss Alps-set thriller, written over the course of two years,[9] introduces detective Elin Warner during her stay at the fictional Le Sonnet hotel[10] and was inspired by Pearse's time living in Crans-Montana, where she learned about the history of local sanatoriums. The Sanatorium on The Sunday Times bestseller list[11] before climbing to #1,[5] made the top 10 of the New York Times bestseller list,[12] was a Reese's Book Club pick[13] and Waterstones Thriller of the Month, and won Crime Book of the Year at the 2022 FingerPrint Awards.[14] This was followed by a sequel The Retreat, set at a luxury island retreat off the coast of Devon on the site of a former school, in 2022.[15]
Pearse then signed a two-book deal with Sphere Books in April 2023,[16] through which she published the trilogy's third and final installment The Wilds in 2024, in which Elin searches for a missing artist in a Portuguese national park.[17][18] Regarding the topic of abuse covered in The Wilds, Pearse collaborated with the charity Refuge.[19] As of October 2024, the Detective Elin Warner trilogy had reached £1.5 million in sales.[2]
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Personal life
Pearse lives with her husband, James, and their two daughters in Devon.[20]
Bibliography
Detective Elin Warner
- The Sanatorium (2020)
- The Retreat (2022)
- The Wilds (2024)
Short stories
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