The men who cannot laugh at themselves frighten me even more than those who laugh at everything.
– Anne Perry
born in Blackheath, London, England, The United Kingdom, October 28, 1938
Anne Perry (born Juliet Hulme) is a British historical novelist.
Juliet took the name “Anne Perry”, the latter being her stepfather’s surname. Her first novel, The Cater Street Hangman, was published under this name in 1979. Her works generally fall into one of several categories of genre fiction, including historical murder mysteries and detective fiction. Many of them feature a number of recurring characters, most importantly Thomas Pitt, who appeared in her first novel, and amnesiac private investigator William Monk, who first appeared in her 1990 novel The Face of a Stranger.
Recently she was included as an entry in Ben Peek’s Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth, a novel exploring the nature of truth in literature.
Series contributed to:
. Crime Through Time
. Perfectly Criminal
. Malice Domestic
. The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories
. Transgressions
. The Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories
October 28, 1938: Happy 75th birthday, Anne Perry!
She now writes successful detective novels, but Perry has a criminal past of her own. She was born Juliet Hulme and was convicted for her role in the 1954 murder of her friend’s mother. Their story was told in the movie Heavenly Creatures.
Bwaha ha ha ha…. Oh that movie Heavenly Creatures that is based on true stories…. scary.
And also that movie is not a laughing matter….
I haven’t seen it yet. Should I?
Heavenly Creatures was quite the talking point here – it is one of Peter Jackson’s first mainstream movies and co-stars a very young Kate Winslet ……. it is a sad story and it is, I believe, something that still haunts Anne Perry. I am glad she has been successful and made a new life for herself,. I have never read her books [not being a fan of that genre] should I?
I’m planning on checking out the movie and her books.
Watch it. It’s very interesting to have an idea of a mind of a young killer.
Will do. 😀
“For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Interesting indeed. And I love the Kahlil Gibran quote above.
‘The Prophet’ is my bible.