Antonia Hodgson (born 1971) is a British historical crime writer,

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writer and publisher.

Life

Hodgson was born in

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in 1971. She attended

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. She graduated with a degree in

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from

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in 1994 and she went to work for

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.Antonia Hodgson
The Bookseller, retrieved 29 May 2015 Hodgson spent nearly twenty years in the publishing business rising to editor-in-chief at

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before she published her own first novel. Hodgson's first novel, ''A Devil in the Marshalsea'', was set in the time of the early Georgians,

William Hogarth William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraving, engraver, pictorial social satire, satirist, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from Realism (visual arts), realistic p ...

and the Southwark prison the

Marshalsea The Marshalsea (1373–1842) was a notorious prison in Southwark, just south of the River Thames. Although it housed a variety of prisoners—including men accused of crimes at sea and political figures charged with sedition—it became known, ...

. Hodgson believes that the Georgian period was more intriguing than the Victorian era which is usually considered to be more culturally important. The book was submitted anonymously to the publishers,

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, because she was known in the publishing industry. Her first book won the

Crime Writers' Association The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) is a specialist authors' organisation in the United Kingdom, most notable for its "Dagger" awards for the best crime writing of the year, and the Diamond Dagger awarded to an author for lifetime achievement. ...

's Historical Dagger award and was long listed for a first novel award. It also was shortlisted in 2015 for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. In 2024 it was announced that Hodgson's next novel, ''The Raven Scholar'', would be a fantasy novel and the first in a trilogy called The Eternal Path, to be published in 2025.

Works

*''The Devil in the Marshalsea'' *''The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins'' *''A Death at Fountains Abbey'' *''The Silver Collar'' *''The Raven Scholar (Book 1 of The Eternal Path trilogy)''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, Antonia 1971 births Living people Writers from Derby British women novelists 21st-century British novelists 21st-century British women writers British women crime writers