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S.J. Watson
Steve "S. J." Watson (born 1971)S. J. Watson Turns Memory Loss Into Thriller. The Wall Street Journal. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011. is an English writer. He debuted in 2011 with the thriller novel ''Before I Go to Sleep''. Rights to publish the book have been sold in 42 countries and it has continued to be an international bestseller. Personal life Watson was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire (now West Midlands (county), West Midlands). He studied physics at the University of Birmingham and then moved to London, where he worked in various hospitals and specialized as an Audiology, audiologist in the diagnosis and treatment of Hearing loss, hearing-impaired children. In the evenings and weekends he wrote fiction. ...
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Before I Go To Sleep
''Before I Go to Sleep'' is the Debut novel, first novel by S. J. Watson, published in the spring of 2011. It became both a ''The Sunday Times, Sunday Times'' and ''The New York Times'' bestseller and has been translated into over 40 languages. It has become a bestseller in France, Canada, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. It reached number 7 on the U.S. bestseller list, the highest position for a debut novel by a British author since J. K. Rowling. ''The New York Times'' described the author as an "out-of-nowhere literary sensation". He wrote the novel between shifts whilst working as a National Health Service (England), National Health Service (NHS) audiologist. Plot The novel is a psychological thriller about a woman suffering from anterograde amnesia. She wakes up every day with no knowledge of who she is. The novel follows her as she tries to reconstruct her memories from a journal she has been keeping. She learns that she has been seeing a doctor who is helping her to recover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |