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Kerry Wilkinson

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Kerry Wilkinson
Born4 November 1980 (1980-11-04) (age 44)
Bath, Somerset, England
OccupationNovelist , Journalist
EducationFrome Community College, Somerset, University of Central Lancashire
Period2011 –
GenreCrime fiction, young adult fiction
Notable worksThe Jessica Daniel novels The Whitecliff novels
Notable awardsRoNA Award, International Thriller Writers Awards
Website
www.kerrywilkinson.com

Kerry Wilkinson (born 4 November 1980) is a British author and sports journalist born in Bath, Somerset.

In 2018, his book Ten Birthdays won the Romantic Novelists' Association award for Young Adult Novel of the Year. Along with Marius Gabriel, he was the first man to win a RoNA Award in the organisation's 58-year history.[1][2] He is also an International Thriller Writers Awards winner, with Close To You, for best ebook original.

In March 2023, he wrote an article for The Bookseller, entitled Autism can be a huge publishing strength—and challenge[3] about how he was an adult when he discovered he was autistic.

Work

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Kerry Wilkinson is an author who has had bestselling ebooks in the UK, Canada, Australia and South Africa. In 2011, he became one of the United Kingdom's most-successful self-published authors, but has since worked with 'traditional' publishers. In the final quarter of 2011, Amazon UK announced he was their top-selling author for their Amazon Kindle chart - and that he had sold over 250,000 ebooks.[4]

His first novel, Locked In, went to number one on the Amazon Kindle chart[5] and Apple's iTunes crime books chart.[6] At one point in November 2011, he had the top three books in the crime chart.[7]

He signed a six-book deal with Pan Books in February 2012 to publish his Jessica Daniel series of novels.[8] Shortly after, it was announced he was one of Amazon's top-10 bestselling UK-born authors worldwide for 2011,[9] and then one of Amazon's top-10 bestselling Kindle authors overall for the following year.[10][11]

In September 2012, Pan Macmillan announced they had acquired a "fantasy trilogy for young adults",[12] the Silver Blackthorn series, Meanwhile, when the same publisher released the fourth Jessica Daniel book, Think of the Children, it became Amazon UK's no.1 ebook pre-order in February 2013, with the paperback peaking at number 19 on the UK chart.[13]

In August 2013, The Bookseller reported that Pan Macmillan had bought two more books[14] from Wilkinson, including a standalone crime novel, Down Among The Dead Men; and Something Wicked, a spin-off from the Jessica Daniel series.

A further deal followed in 2014 for another book in the Jessica Daniel series, another Andrew Hunter book, and a standalone crime thriller entitled, No Place Like Home. In 2015, the Bookseller reported his sales were "fast approaching the one million mark".[15]

With the Jessica Daniel series continuing through Pan Books in the UK, publisher Bookouture secured the rights to publish the series in the United States,[16] as well as global rights for "two psychological thrillers".[17]

In 2017, the first of those thrillers, Two Sisters, peaked at No.1 in Canada's Kindle chart[18] and the iBooks chart.[19] It also reached No.14 in the UK Kindle chart and No.20 in the United States.[20]

The second, The Girl Who Came Back, reached No.1 in the UK Kobo chart[21] and No.2 in the UK Kindle chart.[20] It also became his second No.1 in Canada.[20]

In 2021, publisher Bookouture announced Wilkinson's novel, The Blame, was his "30th book with us: the most titles Bookouture has ever released from one author".[22] It also acquired "World All Languages rights for two more addictive psychological thrillers, plus the coming-of-age novel Truly, Madly, Amy"[23]

A year later, the publisher said they had "signed a four-book mystery series with bestselling author Kerry Wilkinson".[24] The Whitecliff series was then released in 2023. The company also signed "a pair of linked books, about a girl who goes to a teenage sleepover: but when she wakes up, her friends have vanished."[25] The Night Of The Sleepover and After The Sleepover were released in October and December 2023.

In August 2024, Wilkinson signed a deal with Bookouture for his 50th novel to be published. The company's publishing director, Ellen Gleeson, said: "Writing 50 books is an incredible accomplishment. Kerry has an unrivalled understanding of what makes a small town tick."[26]

Awards

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In 2018, his coming-of-age novel, Ten Birthdays, won Young Adult romance novel of the year at the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards.[27][28][1]

In 2020, his novel, Close To You, won Best Ebook Original Novel at the International Thriller Writers Awards.[29]

Education

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Wilkinson attended Oakfield Middle School and Frome Community College[30] in Frome, Somerset. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Central Lancashire.[31]

Support

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Wilkinson sponsors the annual short story competition for young writers in his home town of Frome. This is part of the Frome Festival.[32]

Bibliography

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Miscellaneous

  • Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man (2005) (co-writer)

Jessica Daniel crime novels

  • Locked In (2011), ISBN 978-1447225645 (German version: Eingesperrt - Jessica Daniel ermittelt, Translator: Olaf Knechten, 2013)
  • Vigilante (2011) ISBN 978-1447225669
  • The Woman In Black (2011) ISBN 978-1447225676
  • As If By Magic (ebook exclusive, 2012)
  • Think Of The Children (February 2013) ISBN 978-1447223405
  • Playing With Fire (July 2013) ISBN 978-1447223412
  • Thicker Than Water (October 2013) ISBN 978-1447223429
  • Behind Closed Doors (January 2014) ISBN 978-1447247852
  • Crossing The Line (September 2014) ISBN 978-1447247876
  • Scarred For Life (January 2015) ISBN 978-1447247890
  • For Richer, For Poorer (February 2016) ISBN 978-1447280927
  • Nothing But Trouble (February 2017) ISBN 978-1447285441
  • Eye For An Eye (January 2018) ISBN 978-1509806652
  • Silent Suspect (January 2019) ISBN 978-0957016422
  • The Unlucky Ones (July 2019) ISBN 978-0957016446
  • A Cry In The Night (January 2020) ISBN 978-0957016453

The Jessica Daniel novels are also available as audiobooks, read by Becky Hindley.

Whitecliff mystery novels

The Whitecliff mystery novels are also available as audiobooks, read by Helen Keeley.

Andrew Hunter crime novels

  • Something Wicked (June 2014)
  • Something Hidden (June 2015)
  • Something Buried (February 2019)

The Andrew Hunter novels are also available as audiobooks, read by Nigel Patterson.

Silver Blackthorn novels

Other crime novels

Other novels

References

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  1. ^ a b "Atkins wins Romantic Novel of the Year accolade; The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ Singh, Anita (13 March 2018). "New romantics: after 57 years, men break through at the Romantic Novel Awards". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Autism can be a huge publishing strength—and challenge; The Bookseller". The Bookseller. 1 March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ Alison Flood (8 February 2012). "Self-published ebook author becomes Amazon's top seller". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Locked In is the No.1 Kindle novel in the UK". 29 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Locked In is the No.1 crime book on iTunes". 28 April 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Locked In, Vigilante and The Woman In Black are at No.1, No.2 and No.3 in Amazon Kindle's Women Sleuth chart". 23 November 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. ^ Singh, Anita (1 March 2012). "Self-published author Kerry Wilkinson lands 6-book deal". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Lee Child most successful UK Kindle author". www.thebookseller.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  10. ^ Malik, Shiv (6 August 2012). "Kindle ebook sales have overtaken Amazon print, says book seller". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2021 – via www.theguardian.com.
  11. ^ "Amazon selling more Kindle ebooks than print books". BBC News. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Pan Macmillan - Latest news and information from Pan Macmillan". Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  13. ^ The Bookseller Magazine, 15 March 2013, page 20
  14. ^ "Another Pan Mac deal for Wilkinson; The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Wilkinson says publishers 'need to try harder' to innovate; The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Bookouture to publish Kerry Wilkinson in the US". 18 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Million-copy bestseller Kerry Wilkinson to write psychological thrillers for Bookouture". 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  18. ^ @kerrywk (12 July 2017). "885253624049225729" (Tweet) – via Twitter.[permanent dead link‍]
  19. ^ @kerrywk (16 October 2017). "920057612422471680" (Tweet) – via Twitter.[permanent dead link‍]
  20. ^ a b c "Sales Rank Tracking for Author Book Sales on Amazon". NovelRank. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  21. ^ @bookouture (18 September 2017). "Oooooh! Look who is Number 1 on @kobo!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 4 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ "BESTSELLING AUTHOR KERRY WILKINSON PUBLISHES 30TH NOVEL WITH BOOKOUTURE!". Bookouture. 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Bookouture re-sign contracts with Clarke, Stelljes and Wilkinson". 17 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Bookouture re-sign more of your favourite thriller authors". 28 April 2022.
  25. ^ Bookouture Team (19 July 2023). "Bookouture re-sign contracts with thriller authors Croft, Jenkins and Wilkinson".
  26. ^ Spanoudi, Melina (16 August 2024). "Bookouture signs Kerry Wilkinson's 50th novel". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  27. ^ "Colgan and Haig make RNA shortlists | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  28. ^ "The RoNA Shortlists for 2018 are announced – RNA". Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  29. ^ "2020 Thriller Awards – International Thriller Writers". Thriller Writers. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  30. ^ "Former pupil's novel in iTunes chart spot | This is Somerset". www.thisissomerset.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  31. ^ "Overnight best seller - News & Events - University of Central Lancashire". Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  32. ^ "Frome Festival Short Story Competition Announced". 16 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023.
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