C. J. Sansom (1952–2024)
Author of Dissolution
About the Author
Christopher John "C.J." Sansom is a British writer of crime novels. He was born in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he earned a B. A. and a PhD in History. He practiced law, before quitting to work full-time as a writer. He currently lives in show more Sussex, England. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Also wrote as the Medieval Murderers with Ian Morson, Michael Jecks, Karen Maitland, Susanna Gregory, Philip Gooden and Bernard Knight
Series
Works by C. J. Sansom
Shardlake series collection c. j. Sansom 6 books set (Dissolution, Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation, Heartstone,… (2019) 7 copies
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Blue Heaven / Revelation / Nothing to Lose / Lottery (2008) 12 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Dark Fire • Black Wind • Gweilo • The Blood-Dimmed Tide (2004) — Author — 9 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Sansom, Christopher John
- Birthdate
- 1952
- Date of death
- 2024-04-27
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Place of death
- Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
- Cause of death
- cancer, multiple myeloma
- Places of residence
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Sussex, England, UK - Education
- University of Birmingham (BA, PhD|History)
- Occupations
- solicitor
crime novelist - Awards and honors
- Waterstones 25 Authors for the Future (2007)
- Agent
- Antony Topping (Greene & Heaton)
- Disambiguation notice
- Also wrote as the Medieval Murderers with Ian Morson, Michael Jecks, Karen Maitland, Susanna Gregory, Philip Gooden and Bernard Knight
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- Works
- 24
- Also by
- 7
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