Mo Hayder (1962–2021)

Author of Birdman

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About the Author

Mo Hayder is the pen name for Clare Dunkel, a British Crime novelist. She was born, in 1962. After leaving school at 15, she worked as a barmaid, security guard, filmmaker, hostess in a Tokyo club, and taught English as a foreign language in Asia. Here first novel was Birdman (1999). The books that show more followed were The Treatment (2001), Tokyo (2004) also published in 2010 as The Devil in Nanking, Pigs Island (2006), Ritual (2008), Skin (2009), Hanging Hill (2011), Gone (2010) won the Edgar Award, Poppet (2013), and Wolf (2014) which is being adapted for the BBC. In 2011, she won the Crime Writers' Association Daggar in the Library award for an outstanding body of work. Clare Dunkel died from motor neurone disease on July 27, 2021. She was 59. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Image credit: Mo Hayder at the 2007 "Salon du Livre"

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Jack Caffery

Works by Mo Hayder

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Birdman (2000) 1,760 copies

Tokyo (2004) 1,345 copies

The Treatment (2001) 1,102 copies

Pig Island (2006) 912 copies

Ritual (2008) 781 copies

Gone (2010) 680 copies

Skin (2009) 605 copies

Hanging Hill (2011) 480 copies

Poppet (2013) 438 copies

Wolf (2014) 360 copies

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You Only Live Twice: James Bond Secret Agent 007 (1964) — Introduction, some editions — 2,838 copies

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Canonical name: Hayder, Mo
Legal name: Dunkel, Clare
Other names: Hayder, Mo (pseudonym)
Sand, Theo (pseudonym)
Bastin, Clare Damaris (birth)
Birthdate: 1962-01-02
Date of death: 2021-07-27
Gender: female
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Essex, England, UK
Cause of death: motor neurone disease
Places of residence: Somerset, England
Education: American University (MA, film)
Bath Spa University (MA, creative writing)
Occupations: barmaid
security guard
filmmaker
EFL teacher
hostess
author
Agent: Selina Walker (editor|Century)
Short biography: Hayder verließ bereits mit 15 Jahren ihren Geburtsort Essex, um einige Jahre in London in Bars und Kneipen zu arbeiten. Nach ihrer Heirat zog sie nach Japan, wo sie u. a. als Hostess und Englisch-Lehrerin sowie in einem Nachtclub in Tokio arbeitete und Artikel für eine englische Zeitung verfasste. Nachdem sie weite Teile Asiens bereist hatte, absolvierte sie ein Studium an der American University in Washington DC und schloss dieses mit einem MA in Film ab. Daran schloss sie ein zweites Studium an der Bath Spa University an und machte dort den MA in Creative Writing.
Mo Hayder lebt heute mit ihrer Tochter Lotte-Genevieve als freie Schriftstellerin in Bath.

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The Treatment by Mo Hayder

Although this is listed as #2 in the Jack Caffery series, I feel it is a really good stand alone novel. There was nothing in it, at any point, that had me thinking maybe I should've read the first book. Be warned though this book looks at the seedy underbelly of things that, some people would rather pretend doesn't exist. Oh, and then there's the dog...

I particularly enjoyed the way the book was written; it was well paced and reflected that slow, methodical movement police investigations have. It didn't try to make them out as super-heroes, instead showing that they are people like us, warts and all.

Even though I enjoyed this book, I'm not certain if I will read anymore of this Author's work.… (more)

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