Draft:Elodie Harper
Elodie Harper | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elodie Lauren Geraldine Harper 1979 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Children | 1 |
| Mother | Suzy Kendall |
| Website | www |
Elodie Lauren Geraldine Harper (born 1979) is an English author and reporter. Her Pompeii-set novel The Wolf Den (2021), the first in a trilogy, became a #1 Sunday Times bestseller.
Early life
[edit]Harper was born in West London, the daughter of retired actress Suzy Kendall.[1] Harper attended Francis Holland School.[2] She graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford with a degree in English literature.[3]
Career
[edit]Harper presented a number of documentaries for the BBC, including a July 2006 documentary on Volunteer Ministers in Scientology for BBC Radio 5 Live.[4][5] She then worked as a producer and reporter for Channel 4 News before moving to ITV News Anglia.
Harper successfully submitted her short story "Wild Swimming" to Stephen King's Bazaar of Bad Dreams short story competition.[6] The winning story then featured King's 2016 anthology Six Scary Stories. That March, Harper signed a two-book deal with Mulholland Books for the publication of her debut novel The Binding Song, a thriller set at the fictional HMP Halvergate in Norfolk, in 2017.[7] This was followed by her second crime novel The Death Knock in 2018.
Head of Zeus (a Bloomsbury Books imprint).
The Wolf's Den debuted at #1 on The Sunday Times paperback fiction list, won the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award,[8] and was shortlisted for Page Turner of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards.[9] This was followed by a sequel The House with the Golden Door in 2022. The third and final installment The Temple of Fortuna was published in 2023.[10]
In 2022, it was confirmed Harper would reunite with Head of Zeus for her next two novels: Boudicca's Daughter and an untitled novel about Fulvia, Mark Antony's wife.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Harper is married and has a son.[12]
Bibliography
[edit]Wolf Den trilogy
[edit]- The Wolf Den (2021)
- The House with the Golden Door (2022)
- The Temple of Fortuna (2023)
Standalones
[edit]- The Binding Song (2017)
- The Death Knock (2018)
- Boudicca's Daughter (2025)
Short stories
[edit]- "Wild Swimming" in Six Scary Stories (2016), edited by Stephen King
References
[edit]- ^ Russell, Steve. "Writer and Anglia TV reporter Elodie Harper: I wish I'd got to know my godfather Dudley Moore better". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Brazer, Claire (13 September 2021). "Alumna Elodie Harper is Waterstones featured Book of the Month author!". Francis Holland Alumni. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Harper, Elodie (July 2021). "Reimagining the forgotten women of Pompeii" (PDF). Sundial. p. 16. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Reporter Elodie Harper goes undercover to reveal the tactics used by Scientology followers in the immediate aftermath of traumatic events". Five Live Report. BBC Radio. 2006-07-02. Archived from the original (Real Audio (45 min)) on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
- ^ von Marcab, Lilly (26 June 2008). "Scientologists in Action: The True Nature of Scientology's "Vulture Ministers"". Indybay. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Armistead, Claire (30 January 2016). "Stephen King picks winner of Guardian short story contest". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Cowdrey, Katherine (4 March 2016). "The Binding Song to Mulholland". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Bayley, Sian (8 September 2022). "Harper wins £2,000 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Waite-Taylor, Eva (2022-03-25). "The British Book Awards 2022 shortlist is in". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ Bauer Milas, Lacy (27 November 2023). "Elodie Harper Talks The Temple of Fortuna, Vesuvius's Eruption, and Bringing the Wolf Den Trilogy to an End". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Brown, Lauren (30 June 2022). "Head of Zeus snaps up two novels from Wolf Den author Harper in six-figure deal". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "My First Time with...Elodie Harper". The Riff Raff. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
Category:1979 births
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:English crime fiction writers
Category:English historical novelists
Category:English women novelists
Category:People educated at Francis Holland School
Category:Writers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Category:Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity