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Minette Walters


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in The United Kingdom
September 26, 1949

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Minette Walters (born 26 September 1949) is a British mystery writer. After studying at Trevelyan College, University of Durham, she began writing in 1987 with The Ice House, which was published in 1992. She followed this with The Sculptress (1993), which received the 1994 Edgar Award for Best Novel. She has been published in 35 countries and won many awards.

The Sculptress has been adapted for television in a BBC series starring Pauline Quirke. Her novels The Ice House, The Echo, The Dark Room, and The Scold's Bridle have also been adapted by the BBC.

 Minette Walters (born 26 September 1949) is a British mystery writer. After studying at Trevelyan College, University of Durham, she began writing in 1987 with The Ice House, which was published in 1992. She followed this with The Sculptress (1993), which received the 1994 Edgar Award for Best Novel. She has been published in 35 countries and won many awards.

The Sculptress has been adapted for television in a BBC series starring Pauline Quirke. Her novels The Ice House, The Echo, The Dark Room, and The Scold's Bridle have also been adapted by the BBC.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 98,879 ratings · 7,314 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors
👁 The Sculptress
3.92 avg rating — 11,914 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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👁 The Ice House
3.83 avg rating — 10,690 ratings — published 1992
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👁 The Scold's Bridle
3.91 avg rating — 10,169 ratings — published 1994 — 105 editions
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👁 The Last Hours (Black Death...
3.92 avg rating — 8,623 ratings — published 2017 — 40 editions
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👁 The Dark Room
3.73 avg rating — 5,289 ratings — published 1995 — 100 editions
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👁 The Turn of Midnight (Black...
3.99 avg rating — 4,714 ratings — published 2018 — 36 editions
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👁 The Shape of Snakes
3.75 avg rating — 4,796 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions
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👁 Acid Row
3.74 avg rating — 4,716 ratings — published 2001 — 84 editions
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👁 The Breaker
3.61 avg rating — 4,423 ratings — published 1998 — 100 editions
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👁 The Echo
3.62 avg rating — 4,410 ratings — published 1997 — 87 editions
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“It's [the word “sorry”] the most infuriating word in the English language. Just a cheap way to behave badly then shelve responsibility by putting the onus on the other person to be forgiving.”
― Minette Walters, The Chameleon's Shadow

“Life is pure farce from beginning to end, with a little
black comedy thrown in for shade. If it was anything
else, mankind would have stuck his collective head in
the gas oyen years ago. No one could tolerate seventy
years of tragedy. When I die - probably of cancer -
Jane has prornised to put on my tombstone: "Here
lies Anne Cattrell who laughed her way through it.
The joke was on her but at least she knew it." (The Ice House)”
― Minette Walters

“Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.’ Eric Hoffer”
― Minette Walters, The Cellar

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