Andrew Taylor

Crime and Historical Novelist

Early novels soon to appear as ebooks: the first titles will be the Second Midnight, Blacklist and Toyshop, the three Blaines thrillers which were written in the 1980s and portray a lost world of Cold War warriors and their families. Launch dates to come.

The Anatomy of Ghosts has been shortlisted for the 2011 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.

The Anatomy of Ghosts is now out in the US from Hyperion. 'Absorbing' - Los Angeles Times. 'Dark and gripping' - Washington Post. 'Dynamic...vivid' - New York Times. See reviews here.

On BBC Radio 4's Front Row, Jeff Park named The Anatomy of Ghosts as one of the best crime novels of 2010: 'Andrew Taylor is ... one of our finest novelists ... I would put this as one of the best historical books that’s come out for ages.’

The Times has listed The American Boy as one of top ten crime novels of the last decade.

The Swedish translation of Bleeding Heart Square, has won the Golden Crowbar, Sweden's Martin Beck Award for best translated crime novel of the year.