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C. J. Sansom

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British author of crime fiction (1952-2024)

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Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternative history novel Dominion.

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Awards 3

2022Cartier Diamond Dagger
2012Sidewise Award for Alternate History
2005CWA Historical Dagger

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Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternative history novel Dominion. He won numerous book awards, including the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2013 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2022. Shardlake, a television series based on Sansom's novel Dissolution, started streaming on Disney+ less than a week after his death.

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United Kingdom
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1952 to 2024 · aged 71
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18 languages

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