Susan Hill

For the abortion rights activist, see Susan Hill (activist). For the medical scientist, see Sue Hill.

Dame

Susan Hill

DBE
BornSusan Elizabeth Hill
(1942-02-05) 5 February 1942 (age 82)
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
Alma materKing's College London
GenreFiction, non-fiction
Notable worksThe Woman in Black
The Mist in the Mirror
I'm the King of the Castle
SpouseStanley Wells
(m. 1975; sep. 2011)
PartnerBarbara Machin (2013–2016)
Children3

Dame Susan Elizabeth Hill, Lady Wells DBE (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include The Woman in Black, which has been adapted for stage and screen, The Mist in the Mirror, and I'm the King of the Castle, for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. She also won the Whitbread Novel Award in 1972 for The Bird of Night, which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours[1][2] and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours,[3][4] both for services to literature.

  1. ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 7.
  2. ^ "CBE". BBC News. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B9.
  4. ^ "Birthday Honours 2020: Marcus Rashford and Joe Wicks honoured alongside key workers". BBC News. 10 October 2020. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.