Short biog
Diane Setterfield’s debut novel The Thirteenth Tale was a no 1 New York Times bestseller. Published in 38 countries, it has sold more than 3 million copies and was made into a television drama scripted by Christopher Hampton, starring Olivia Colman and Vanessa Redgrave. Her second novel was Bellman & Black and her third novel is Once Upon a River. Born in rural Berkshire, she now lives in Oxford, by the Thames.
Longer biog
Diane Setterfield’s debut novel The Thirteenth Tale (2006) was a no 1 New York Times bestseller. A timeless gothic mystery, it was published in 38 countries, has sold more than 3 million copies and was made into a BBC television drama (2013) scripted by Christopher Hampton, starring Olivia Colman and Vanessa Redgrave. Her second novel Bellman & Black (2013), a genre-defying tale set partly in one of Victorian London’s mourning emporia was published in 17 countries. Her third novel Once Upon a River will appear in early 2019.
Before taking up writing she was an academic in French studies, with a special interest in the novels of André Gide.
Born in rural Berkshire, she has lived in France, Bristol, Harrogate and London and now lives in Oxford, by the Thames.
