Rory Clements
Rory Clements | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Notable works | Revenger, Nucleus |
| Notable awards | CWA Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award[2] |
| Spouse | Naomi Clements-Wright[3] |
| Website | |
| www | |
Rory Clements is a British author of historical fiction. He is best known for his John Shakespeare books, set in the Elizabethan era, and the Tom Wilde second world war spy thriller series. Clements has twice won the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Following a career in print media working for titles such as the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard, Clements has been working since 2007 as a full-time author. He has found success with his series of Elizabethan historical thriller novels about the character of John Shakespeare, and also the Tom Wilde series of spy novels focused on the second world war era.[4]
In 2010, Clements' historical mystery novel Revenger won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award.[3][5][6] A further three of the John Shakespeare novels, Martyr, Prince, and The Heretics, were nominated for the same award.[7] In 2018, Clements won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award again, this time with the second world war Tom Wilde thriller novel Nucleus.[2][8]
A TV series of the John Shakespeare novels is under development.[1]
Clements lives in Norfolk, England, and is married to artist Naomi Clements-Wright.[3]
Works
[edit | edit source]John Shakespeare series
[edit | edit source]- Martyr (2009; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[9]
- Revenger (2010; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[10]
- Prince (2011; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- Traitor (2012; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- The Man in the Snow (2012; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- The Heretics (2013; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[11]
- The Queen's Man (2014; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- Holy Spy (2015; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
Tom Wilde series
[edit | edit source]- Corpus (2017; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[12]
- Nucleus (2018; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- Nemesis (2019; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- Hitler's Secret (2020; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- A Prince and a Spy (2021; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[13]
- The Man in the Bunker (2022; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- The English Führer (2023; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[2][14]
- A Cold Wind from Moscow (2025; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[15]
Other works
[edit | edit source]- Munich Wolf (2024; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[16]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Robert Harris (novelist) – English novelist (born 1957)
- R. N. Morris – English writer and advertising copywriter
- C. J. Sansom – British author of crime fiction (1952–2024)
References
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External links
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