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Nicci French lives in Northern England. (Publisher Provided) Nicci French is the pseudonym used by husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. Nicci Gerrard was born in Worcestershire, England on June 10, 1958. She received a first class honors degree in English literature from Oxford University. She taught English literature in Sheffield, London and Los Angeles before founding Women's Review, a magazine for women on art, literature and female issues. Later on, she worked at the New Statesman and is currently working at The Observer. Sean French was born in Bristol, England on May 28, 1959. He received a first class honors degree in English literature from Oxford University and became a journalist. In 1981 he won Vogue magazine's Writing Talent Contest and worked as their theatre critic from 1981 to 1986. During that time, he was also deputy literary editor and television critic at the Sunday Times, film critic for Marie Claire, and deputy editor of New Society. Before becoming a full-time author, he wrote write columns for the New Statesman. He has written both novels and non-fiction books. They were married in October 1990. In 1995, they started work on their first joint novel. The Memory Game was published in 1997 and was followed by numerous other works including The Safe House (1998), Killing Me Softly (1999), Beneath the Skin (2000), The Red Room (2001), Land of the Living (2002), Secret Smile (2003), Catch Me When I Fall (2005), Losing You (2006), Until It's Over (2008), What To Do When Someone Dies (2009), and Sunday Morning Coming Down (2017). (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Killing Me Softly… (more)
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(nor)Nicci French is the pseudonym of London journalists, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. Please do not combine their separate LT entries.

(dut)Nicci French is the pseudonym of London journalists, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. Please do not combine their separate LT entries.

Nicci French is the pseudonym of London journalists, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. Please do not combine their separate LT entries.

And please do not combine the author "French" into this author name.

(ger)Nicci French ist das Pseudonym der Londoner Journalist*innen Nicci Gerrard und Sean French, die psychologische Kriminalromane zusammen schreiben. Bitte nicht mit den LT-Einzeleinträgen der beiden Autoren verknüpfen.

Killing Me Softly 1,327 copies, 28 reviews
Beneath the Skin 1,240 copies, 18 reviews
Blue Monday (Author) 1,106 copies, 75 reviews
The Memory Game 1,079 copies, 27 reviews
The Red Room 1,071 copies, 15 reviews
Land of the Living 988 copies, 23 reviews
The Safe House 924 copies, 21 reviews
Secret Smile 903 copies, 19 reviews
Losing You 743 copies, 26 reviews
Catch Me When I Fall 739 copies, 14 reviews
Until It's Over 657 copies, 22 reviews
Tuesday's Gone 617 copies, 40 reviews
What to Do When Someone Dies 562 copies, 22 reviews
Waiting for Wednesday 507 copies, 26 reviews
Complicit 465 copies, 21 reviews
Saturday Requiem 431 copies, 37 reviews
Thursday's Child 417 copies, 16 reviews
Friday on My Mind 374 copies, 15 reviews
Sunday Silence: A Novel 364 copies, 48 reviews
The Lying Room 329 copies, 31 reviews
Day of the Dead 301 copies, 27 reviews
Verlies 282 copies, 7 reviews
House of Correction 273 copies, 16 reviews
The Unheard 172 copies, 9 reviews
The Favor: A Novel 93 copies, 9 reviews
Sonata para un muerto 4 copies, 1 review
Palabras para una muerta 1 copy, 1 review
Lunes amargo 1 copy, 1 review
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Nicci French is the pseudonym of London journalists, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. Please do not combine their separate LT entries.

And please do not combine the author "French" into this author name.

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