Hilary Mantel
Dame Hilary Mantel Born Hilary Mary Thompson (1952-07-06) 6 July 1952 (age 62) Glossop, Derbyshire, UK Occupation Novelist, short story writer, essayist and critic Nationality British Alma mater University of Sheffield Notable works Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies Notable awards Man Booker Prize 2009, 2012 Walter Scott Prize 2010 Costa Novel Prize 2012 Spouse Gerald McEwen (m. 1972) Hilary Mantel's voice Sorry, your browser either has JavaScript disabled or does not have any supported player. You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. from the BBC programme Bookclub, 6 October 2013 Website hilary-mantel.com Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, DBE FRSL (/mænˈtɛl/ man-TEL; born Thompson on 6 July 1952), is an English writer whose work ranges in subject from personal memoir and short story to historical fiction and essay. She has twice been awarded the Booker Prize. She won her first Booker Prize for the 2009 novel Wolf Hall, a fictional account of Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII. She won her second Booker Prize for the 2012 novel Bring Up the Bodies, the second installment of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Mantel was the first woman to receive the award twice, following in the footsteps of J. M. Coetzee, Peter Carey and J. G. Farrell (who posthumously won the Lost Man Booker Prize). The third installment to the Thomas Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, is set to be published in 2015.