However, the profession did not interest her in the least. But she was more of a dabbler than a serious writer She was 28 years old when the author finally decided to take a more serious approach to her writing ambitions.Īt the time, she was training to be a teacher. She felt like she was born to tell stories.
She experimented with fiction as a child. She still wasn’t a household name, not until ‘Behind Her Eyes’ wowed readers.ĭespite her slow start, Pinborough began writing at a young age.
But that was only because they kept pushing the book, including it in all their teen books clubs. She saw some success with ’13 Minutes’, a YA novel that Waterstones had published. By that point in her career, Pinborough’s life and approach to writing had changed drastically. She had written 23 other novels before ‘Behind Her Eyes’ came along. She admits that she would have loved to produce the sort of debut novel that became a hit overnight. But her work was never the runaway success she expected. She even wrote for TV, not to mention producing spin-offs for Torchwood, a Dr. ‘Behind Her Eyes’ was the result of several years of hard work during which Pinborough wrote everything from science fiction to psychological horror and YA. However, it wasn’t her debut, not by any stretch of the imagination. ‘Behind Her Eyes’ was Sarah’s first big hit and it landed her a six-figure book deal. Though, she was able to find a place at Edinburg Academy for Boys.ĭespite studying History and English at the West London Institute, she somehow found herself in Soho where she managed a strip club. In fact, they eventually threw her out at 16. She wasn’t the best-behaved child in the school.
When she was eight, her family sent her to Bedford High School. Because her father was a diplomat, she called Syria home for many years. Sarah lives in the historic town of Stony Stratford, the home of the Cock and Bull story, with her dog Ted.Pinborough was born in 1972 in Milton Keynes, England. Her latest novel, DEAD TO HER and is a dark and twisty, sexy tale of hidden secrets and revenge in high society Savannah and has been sold for TV in the US.
She is also a screenwriter who has written for the BBC and is currently working on three TV projects and the film adaptation of her novel The Death House. Sarah was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and also the 20 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and she has four times been short-listed for Best Novel. Having published more than 25 novels across various genres, her recent books include Behind Her Eyes which will air on Netflix in January 2021, Cross Her Heart, in development for UK television, and 13 Minutes in development with Netflix. Sarah Pinborough is a New York Times bestselling and Sunday Times Number one and Internationally bestselling author who is published in over 25 territories worldwide.
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