C.J. Sansom was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on December 9th, 1952 and passed away at the age of 71 on April 27th, 2024.
C.J. Sansom Stats: The highest rated book by C.J. Sansom on Book Notification is Revelation, the 4th novel in the Matthew Shardlake series. The second-highest rated book is Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake #6).
The most read book by C.J. Sansom on Book Notification is Dissolution, the first novel in the Matthew Shardlake series. The second most read book is Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake #2).
Below is a complete list of C.J. Sansom books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by C.J. Sansom is the Matthew Shardlake Series.
The Medieval Murderers are a group of historical fiction authors that includes Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Michael Jecks, Karen Maitland, Susanna Gregory, Philip Gooden and CJ Sansom.
C.J. Sansom (Christopher John Sansom) was born on December 9th, 1952. C.J. passed away April 27th, 2024 at 71 years old. C.J. Sansom was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sansom attended University of Birmingham where he received a B.A. and Ph.D in History.
C.J. Sansom was the author of the Medieval Murderers series which consists of 10 novels. The Medieval Murderers series started in 2005 with the novel The Tainted Relic. The most recently released novel in the Medieval Murderers series was The Deadliest Sin which was released in 2014. There are no upcoming novels for the Medieval Murderers series.
C.J. Sansom (Christopher John Sansom) also wrote the Matthew Shardlake series which has 7 books including Dissolution and Dark Fire.
C.J. Sansom was nominated for multiple awards including: The Crime Writer's Association Award, Dagger in the Library Award, in 2007, , Crime Writer's Association Award, Dagger in the Library Award, in 2008, , Crime Writer's Association Award, Dagger in the Library Award, in 2017, and the Crime Writer's Association Award, Dagger in the Library Award, in 2019. Sansom's book, Dark Fire won the Crime Writer's Association Award, Historical Dagger Award, in 2005.
The following novels by C.J. Sansom were nominated for these awards:
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C.J. Sansom is one of the most entertaining historical fiction authors I have ever encountered. I was sick and tired of crime fiction. Most of the novels I read relied on tried and tested concepts to tell stories I had heard a thousand different times.
Then I came across ‘Sovereign,’ a novel set during the reign of King Henry VIII, a period that caught my interest because of the many TV shows that have explored the Tudor era.
Unlike all those shows, Sansom’s book was crime fiction. At the center was Mathew Shardlake, a lawyer with a hunchback that had to solve a murder. ‘Sovereign’ was as fresh and exciting as crime fiction could get. After reading every novel in the series, I have spent the last two years waiting for a new Mathew Shardlake installment.
From the looks of this list, it isn’t out yet. I am hesitant to read the author’s interviews just in case he confirms what I fear: that this series is well and truly over. I don’t want to hear that. I want more.
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