Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves

OBE
Ann Cleeves; OBE
	Cleeves in 2017
Born	24 October 1954(age 69); Herefordshire,England
Genre	Crime
Notable awards	Duncan Lawrie Dagger2006
Children	2

Ann CleevesOBE(born 24 October 1954) is aBritish mystery crimewriter. She wrote theVera Stanhope,Jimmy Perez,andMatthew Vennseries, all three of which have been adapted intoTV shows.In 2006 she won theDuncan Lawrie Daggerfor her novelRaven Black,^[1]the first novel in theJimmy Perezseries.

Early life and career

Cleeves was born inHerefordshireand brought up in northDevonwhere she attendedBarnstaple Grammar School;^[2]she studied English at theUniversity of Sussexbut dropped out and then took up various jobs, including cook at theFair Isle bird observatory,auxiliary coastguard, probation officer, library outreach worker and child care officer.^[3]

Television adaptations

Cleeves' work was first optioned for television after producerElaine Collinsdiscovered a copy of one of theVeranovels,The Crow Trap,while searching for holiday reading in anOxfamshop inNorth London,where she lived. Collins, the wife of actorPeter Capaldi,was the books executive forITV Studios,which was looking for a new female detective to fill its Sunday night drama slot.^[4]^[5]Collins subsequently went on to buy the rights to Cleeves'Jimmy Pereznovels for the BBC, which turned them intoShetland.

Personal life

She lives inWhitley Bay,^[1]and is widowed with two daughters.^[6]

Honours, awards, and media appearances

In 2006 she won theDuncan Lawrie Daggerfor her novelRaven Black,^[1]and in 2008 she was elected to the prestigiousDetection Club.In 2014 Cleeves was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Sunderland.^[7]In 2015, Cleeves was the Programming Chair for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival & theTheakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.In 2015, she was shortlisted for theDagger in the LibraryUK Crime Writers' Association award for an author's body of work in British libraries (UK).^[8]

Cleeves was chosen as the 2017 recipient of theCartier Diamond Daggerfrom theCrime Writers' Associationfor "sustained excellence" in crime fiction.^[9]In February 2019 Ann Cleeves appeared onDesert Island Discs.^[10]Cleeves was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire(OBE) in the2022 New Year Honoursfor services to reading and libraries.^[11]^[12]

In July 2022, Cleeves was awarded an honorary D.Litt. from Newcastle University for services to reading and libraries.^[13]

Bibliography

Palmer-Jones

A Bird in the Hand(1986),ISBN 978-0-712-69476-6
Come Death and High Water(1987),ISBN 978-0-712-61670-6
Murder in Paradise(1988),ISBN 978-0-712-61965-3
A Prey to Murder(1989),ISBN 978-0-712-62557-9
Another Man's Poison(1992),ISBN 978-0-333-58258-9
Sea fever(1993),ISBN 978-0-333-60494-6
The Mill on the Shore(1994),ISBN 978-0-333-61345-0
High Island Blues(1996),ISBN 978-0-333-66011-9

Inspector Ramsay

A Lesson in Dying(1990),ISBN 978-0-712-63415-1
Murder in My Backyard(1991),ISBN 978-0-712-63830-2
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy(1992),ISBN 978-0-333-57093-7
Killjoy(1993),ISBN 978-0-333-59275-5
The Healers(1995),ISBN 978-0-333-63724-1
The Baby Snatcher(1997),ISBN 978-0-333-69179-3

Vera Stanhope

These novels, except forThe Glass Room,have been dramatized in the television seriesVeraonITV,which starsBrenda Blethynin the title role. The programme premiered in May 2011.

The Crow Trap(1999),ISBN 978-0-333-76627-9
Telling Tales(2005),ISBN 978-1-405-04647-3
Hidden Depths(2007),ISBN 978-1-405-05473-7
Silent Voices(2011),ISBN 978-0-230-74581-0
The Glass Room(2012),ISBN 978-0-230-74582-7
Harbour Street(2014),ISBN 978-0-230-76018-9
The Moth Catcher(2015),ISBN 978-1-447-27828-3
The Seagull(2017),ISBN 978-1-447-27834-4
The Darkest Evening(2020),ISBN 978-1-509-88951-8
The Rising Tide(2022),ISBN 978-1-509-88961-7
The Dark Wives(2024),ISBN 978-1-250-83684-7

Shetland

In 2013,Red Boneswas dramatised by David Kane for BBC television as the first episode of the seriesShetland,which starsDouglas Henshallas Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. Episodes broadcast in 2014 were based onRaven Black,Dead Water,andBlue Lightning.^[14]

The Four Seasons Quartet

Raven Black(2006),ISBN 978-1-405-05472-0;Gold DaggerAward
White Nights(2008),ISBN 978-0-312-38433-3
Red Bones(2009),ISBN 978-0-230-01446-6
Blue Lightning(2010),ISBN 978-0-312-38435-7

The Four Elements Quartet

Dead Water(2013),ISBN 978-0-230-76017-2
Thin Air(2014),ISBN 978-0-230-76019-6
Cold Earth(2016),ISBN 978-1-447-27818-4
Wild Fire(2018),ISBN 978-1-447-27824-5

A Shetland Island series travel tie-in preceding the below releasedToo Good To Be True.

Shetland(2015),ISBN 978-1-509-80979-0

A Shetland Island series novella following the above non-fictionShetlandand precedingCold Earth.

Too Good To Be True(2016),ISBN 978-1-509-80611-9;novella

Two Rivers

The first book is the adaptive basis forThe Long CallITV series starringBen Aldridgeas DI Matthew Venn.

The Long Call(2019),ISBN 978-1-509-88956-3
The Heron's Cry(2021),ISBN 978-1-509-88968-6
The Raging Storm(2023),ISBN 978-1-529-07769-8

Standalone novels

The Sleeping and the Dead(2001),ISBN 978-0-333-90648-4
Burial of Ghosts(2003),ISBN 978-1-405-00113-7

Short stories
"A Winter's Tale" (1992) "The Harmless Pursuits of Archibald Stamp" (1995) "Sad Girls" (2001) "The Plater" (2001) "A Rough Guide to Tanga" (2002) "Games for Winter" (2003) "Owl Wars" (2004) "The Midwife's Assistant" (2005) "Basic Skills" (2006) "Going Back" (2007) "The Soothmoothers" (2010) "Beastly Pleasures" (2010) "Hector's Other Woman" (2011) –(re-released as"The Woman on the Island"in 2022) "Mud" (2011) "The Habit of Silence" (2011) "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (2012) "The Harmless Pursuits of Archibald Stamp" (2013) "Secrets of Soil" (2013) "The Spinster" (2014) "The Pirate" (2014) "Stranded" (2014) "The Writer-in-Residence" (2014) "The Starlings" (2015) "Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey" (2016) "The Queen of Mystery" (2017) "The Return" (2017) "Moses and the Locked Tent Mystery" (2018) "Frozen" (2020) "Written in Blood" (2020) "Wild Swimming" (2021) "The Girls on the Shore" (2022) "The Woman on the Island" (2022) –(originally released as"Hector's Other Woman"in 2011)

TV series adaptations

The Vera Stanhope novels have been dramatised as the TV detective seriesVerabeginning in 2011; the Jimmy Perez novels as the TV seriesShetland;and the Matthew Venn novelThe Long Call(from Cleeves'Two Riversbook series) as the TV seriesThe Long Call(premiered autumn 2021). Some of the later episodes in theVeraandShetlandseries were original scripts based on Cleeves's characters.

References

^^a ^b ^cLobb, Adrian (19 March 2013)."Ann Cleeves interview for Shetland".The Telegraph.Retrieved24 May2016.
^"Anns Diary:On growing up and going back".13 July 2010.Retrieved27 March2020.
^"Island secrets inspire Shetland author Ann Cleeves".Retrieved24 May2016.
^Govan, Chloe (22 April 2024)."Vera author 'wasn't sure' about Brenda Blethyn as lead star for show".Express.co.uk.Retrieved19 July2024.
^"PressReader - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions".pressreader.Retrieved19 July2024.
^"Ann Cleeves".
^Joanne Butcher (8 July 2014)."Vera writer Ann Cleeves gains honour from University of Sunderland - The Journal".journallive.Archived fromthe originalon 23 September 2019.Retrieved24 May2016.
^"Dagger in the Library".Dead Good Books.Retrieved8 June2015.
^Eyre, Charlotte (24 January 2017)."Ann Cleeves to receive CWA Diamond Dagger".The Bookseller.Retrieved6 February2022.
^Desert Island Discs, 17 February 2019
^"No. 63571".The London Gazette(Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N11.
^"Ann Cleeves and Matt Baker awarded Queen's honours".BBC News.31 December 2021.Retrieved3 January2022.
^"Leading lights in sport and literature given honorary degrees".13 July 2022.
^"'Shetland' gets full six-part series on BBC One ".Digital Spy.3 April 2013.Retrieved24 May2016.

External links

[interview-1] Lobb, Adrian (19 March 2013)."Ann Cleeves interview for Shetland".The Telegraph.Retrieved24 May2016.

[diary-2] "Anns Diary:On growing up and going back".13 July 2010.Retrieved27 March2020.

[3] "Island secrets inspire Shetland author Ann Cleeves".Retrieved24 May2016.

[4] Govan, Chloe (22 April 2024)."Vera author 'wasn't sure' about Brenda Blethyn as lead star for show".Express.co.uk.Retrieved19 July2024.

[5] "PressReader - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions".pressreader.Retrieved19 July2024.

[6] "Ann Cleeves".

[7] Joanne Butcher (8 July 2014)."Vera writer Ann Cleeves gains honour from University of Sunderland - The Journal".journallive.Archived fromthe originalon 23 September 2019.Retrieved24 May2016.

[8] "Dagger in the Library".Dead Good Books.Retrieved8 June2015.

[9] Eyre, Charlotte (24 January 2017)."Ann Cleeves to receive CWA Diamond Dagger".The Bookseller.Retrieved6 February2022.

[10] Desert Island Discs, 17 February 2019

[11] "No. 63571".The London Gazette(Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N11.

[12] "Ann Cleeves and Matt Baker awarded Queen's honours".BBC News.31 December 2021.Retrieved3 January2022.

[13] "Leading lights in sport and literature given honorary degrees".13 July 2022.

[14] "'Shetland' gets full six-part series on BBC One ".Digital Spy.3 April 2013.Retrieved24 May2016.

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