Overview
- Nadine Matheson, chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, praised Billingham’s sustained excellence and support for emerging authors.
- Billingham, 64, is best known for 19 Tom Thorne novels, beginning with Sleepyhead in 2001.
- His work has reached television with Sky One’s Thorne starring David Morrissey in 2010 and BBC One’s In The Dark in 2017.
- What The Night Brings, published in June 2025, is the latest Tom Thorne installment and marked his 25th book.
- He launched the DS Declan Miller series in 2023, with a third entry, The Shadow Step, due this year, and previously won the CWA’s Dagger In The Library in 2022.