PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Mo Hayder left school at fifteen. Gifted with intelligence, and determined to shape her own future she worked as an actress in tv and film, barmaid, security guard, filmmaker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator, and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She had an MA in film from the American University in Washington, DC, and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University, UK. She wrote eleven crime novels under the name Mo Hayder, and her fifth novel, Ritual, was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Crime 2009 and was voted Best Book of 2008 by Publishers Weekly. Gone, her seventh novel, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Two of her books, The Treatment and Ritual have been made into films and her novel Wolf, nominated for Best Novel in the 2015 Edgar Awards, has recently been adapted for the BBC. Prior to her diagnosis with Motor Neurone Disease in December 2020, she had completed The Book of Sand and the first drafts of 3 more books in a series of speculative fiction, from which she took her greatest personal writing satisfaction. Hayder passed away in July 2021 as a result of MND. She lived her life as a creative artist, never afraid to challenge her personal boundaries or those set by the establishment. She leaves behind a husband and daughter, a powerful legacy of books, and an incredible number of people who loved and admired the many facets of her diamond personality.
PRAISE FOR BONEHEAD - Bonehead is a triumph, with Mo Hayder's customary sleight of hand, attention to detail, and brilliantly authentic character creation. It perfectly wraps urban myths within the frailty of men's follies, and weaves a tale that unfolds piece by piece until you can bear it no more and rush through to the final, extraordinary pages. If this had to be Mo Hayder's legacy, then it's a fitting one. I inhaled this book. * Helen Fields, author of THE INSTITUTION * PRAISE FOR MO HAYDER Mo Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers. She's the bravest writer I know * Karin Slaughter * Hayder's work and characters are worth the unending nightmares they will inspire * The New York Times Book Review * Hayder is one of the most skilled crime writers at escalating unbearable tension . . . nothing short of brilliant * Daily Mail * Haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful and wonderfully written * Harlan Coben * Left me stunned and haunted. This is writing of breathtaking power and poetry * Tess Gerritsen * An authentically disturbing, gripping winner * Financial Times * With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there. A chiller to the very end * The Times *
