Kerry Wilkinson

Kerry Wilkinson
Born	4 November 1980 (1980-11-04) (age 36) Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
Occupation	Novelist , Journalist
Nationality	British
Education	Frome Community College, Somerset, University of Central Lancashire
Period	2011 –
Genre	Crime fiction, young adult fiction
Notable works	The Jessica Daniel novels
Website
www.kerrywilkinson.com

Kerry Wilkinson (born 4 November 1980) is a British author and sports journalist born in Bath, Somerset.

Work

Kerry Wilkinson is one of the United Kingdom's most-successful self-published authors. In the final quarter of 2011, Amazon UK announced he was their top-selling author for their Amazon Kindle chart - and that he had sold over 250,000 ebooks.^[1]

His first novel, Locked In, went to number one on the Amazon Kindle chart^[2] and Apple's iTunes crime books chart.^[3] At one point in November 2011, he had the top three books in the crime chart.^[4]

He signed a six-book deal with Pan Books in February 2012 to publish his Jessica Daniel series of novels.^[5]

In March 2012, it was announced he was one of Amazon's top-10 bestselling UK-born authors worldwide for 2011.^[6] In August 2012, it was reported he was one of Amazon's top-10 bestselling Kindle authors in 2012.^[7]^[8]

In September 2012, Pan Macmillan announced they had acquired a "fantasy trilogy for young adults",^[9] the Silver Blackthorn series.

The fourth Jessica Daniel book, Think of the Children, became Amazon UK's no.1 ebook pre-order,^[10] in February 2013, with the paperback peaking at number 19 on the UK chart.^[11]

In August 2013, The Bookseller reported that Pan Macmillan had bought two more books^[12] from Wilkinson, including a standalone crime novel, Down Among The Dead Men; and Something Wicked, a spin-off from Playing With Fire, book five of the Jessica Daniel series.

Watched: When Road Rage Follows You Home (Dec 2013) and Crossing The Line (January 2014) became Wilkinson's seventh and eighth successive novels to appear in Amazon's top 20 crime chart.

Education

Kerry Wilkinson attended Oakfield Middle School and Frome Community College^[13] in Frome, Somerset. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Central Lancashire.^[14]

Bibliography

Miscellaneous

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man (2005) (co-writer)

Jessica Daniel crime novels

Locked In (2011), ISBN 978-1447225645 (German version: Eingesperrt - Jessica Daniel ermittelt, Translator: Olaf Knechten, 2013)
Vigilante (2011) ISBN 978-1447225669
The Woman In Black (2011) ISBN 978-1447225676
As If By Magic (ebook exclusive, 2012)
Think Of The Children (February 2013) ISBN 978-1447223405
Playing With Fire (July 2013) ISBN 978-1447223412
Thicker Than Water (October 2013) ISBN 978-1447223429
Behind Closed Doors (January 2014) ISBN 978-1447247852
Crossing The Line (September 2014) ISBN 978-1447247876
Scarred For Life (January 2015) ISBN 978-1447247890

The Jessica Daniel novels are also available as audiobooks, read by Becky Hindley.

Andrew Hunter crime novels

Something Wicked (June 2014)
Something Hidden (2015)

Silver Blackthorn novels

Reckoning (May 2014) ISBN 978-1447235309 (UK, Pan Books); (July 2014) ISBN 978-1250053534 (USA, St. Martin's Press)
Renegade (May 2015) ISBN 978-1447235316 (UK, Pan Books); (July 2015) ISBN 978-1250061331 (USA, St. Martin's Press)
Resurgence (May 2016) ISBN 978-1250061331

Other crime novels

Watched: When Road Rage Follows You Home (2013)
Down Among The Dead Men (September 2015)

References

External links

KerryWilkinson.com his personal website including his blog and bibliography.
Facebook site a fan page for the Jessica Daniel series.
Twitter his Twitter account.

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