Occupation Novelist Genre Crime fiction | Nationality British | |
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Notable works I Let You Go, I See You Notable awards Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2016, Cognac Prix du Polar Best International Novel Children Evie Mackintosh, Alexander Edward Mackintosh, Joshua Mackintosh, Georgie Mackintosh People also search for Paula Hawkins, Alexander Edward Mackintosh, Ruth Ware Books I Let You Go, I See You, I SEE YOU SIGNED EDITION Profiles | ||
Bbc breakfast interview with clare mackintosh
Clare Mackintosh is a British author. A former policewoman, her debut novel I Let You Go was a Richard & Judy book club pick. It won Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2016, beating J K Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith. In October 2016, the French translation of I Let You Go (Te Laisser Partir) won "best international novel" at the Cognac Festival Prix du Polar awards.
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- Bbc breakfast interview with clare mackintosh
- Author clare mackintosh on her first significant pieces of writing author shorts
- Personal life
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Author clare mackintosh on her first significant pieces of writing author shorts
Personal life
Mackintosh went to Royal Holloway University in Surrey, taking a degree in French and management, and spent a year in Paris as part of the course, working as a bilingual secretary. She joined the police force upon graduation. She was posted on promotion to Chipping Norton as town sergeant before becoming Thames Valley Police’s operations inspector for Oxfordshire. Mackintosh spent 12 years in the police force before leaving in 2011 to become a full-time writer. She is founder and director of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival and has become patron of the Silver Star Society, a charity supporting the John Radcliffe Hospital's work with families facing difficult pregnancies.
In 2006, Mackintosh delivered twin boys prematurely. Her son Alex contracted meningitis and died when he was a few weeks old. When her surviving son was 15 months old, Mackintosh gave birth to a second set of twins.
