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Paula Hawkins

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Paula Hawkins Books in Order

Paula Hawkins was born and raised in Zimbabwe and moved to London in 1989. She worked as a journalist for fifteen years before writing fiction. Earlier in her career, she wrote four romantic novels and co-authored a nonfiction education book under the pseudonym Amy Silver. Under her own name, she is best known for the psychological thrillers The Girl on the Train, Into the Water, A Slow Fire Burning, Blind Spot, and The Blue Hour.

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Paula Hawkins's Newest Book

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The Blue Hour

novel · First published 2024

Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace: A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge....

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The Girl on the Train

Best introduction to Hawkins's signature psychological-thriller fiction and her international breakthrough.

Outside the series

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Novels (10)
  1. The Money Goddess: The Complete Financial Makeover

    nonfiction · 2006

  2. Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista

    novel · 2009

  3. All I Want for Christmas

    novel · 2010

  4. One Minute to Midnight

    novel · 2011

  5. The Reunion

    novel · 2013

  6. The Girl on the Train

    novel · 2015

    Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning, flashing past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stopping at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. Their life, as she sees it, is…

  7. Into the Water

    novel · 2017

    »Julia, ich bin’s. Du musst mich anrufen. Bitte, Julia. Es ist wichtig …« In den letzten Tagen vor ihrem Tod rief Nel Abbott ihre Schwester an. Julia nahm nicht ab, ignorierte den Hilferuf. Jetzt ist Nel tot. Sie sei gesprungen, heißt es.…

  8. A Slow Fire Burning

    novel · 2021

    AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The scorching new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. “A Slow Fire Burning twists and turns like a great thriller should, but it's also deep, intelligent…

  9. Blind Spot

    novella · 2022

    'How can you say things like this? How can you be so blind?' Since they were kids, Edie, Jake and Ryan have been the closest of friends. It's been the three of them against the world. Edie thought the bonds between them were unbreakable.…

  10. The Blue Hour

    novel · 2024

    Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty…

Collaborations (1)
  1. Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School

    coauthored-nonfiction · 2001

Frequently asked questions about Paula Hawkins

Where was Paula Hawkins born, and is she British or Zimbabwean?

Paula Hawkins was born and raised in Zimbabwe and moved to London in 1989. She is generally described as a British author of Zimbabwean birth.

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What did Paula Hawkins do before becoming a novelist?

She worked as a journalist for fifteen years, including as a financial journalist, before turning to fiction.

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What inspired Paula Hawkins to write psychological thrillers?

Her ideas grew from observing houses and imagined lives during train journeys, alongside a long-standing interest in alcohol-related memory loss and unreliable perception. She has also said that Agatha Christie was an important crime-fiction favorite while she was growing up in Zimbabwe.

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What is Paula Hawkins best known for?

She is best known for The Girl on the Train, a global No. 1 bestseller that has sold more than 23 million copies, appeared in over fifty languages, and was adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt.

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What awards and major recognition has Paula Hawkins received?

The Girl on the Train won the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & Thriller. It was also nominated for the 2017 Dublin Literary Award, while A Slow Fire Burning was nominated for Thriller of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards.

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