Louise Candlish Explained

Louise Candlish is a British author. In 2019, her crime novel Our House won the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year award at the British Book Awards.^[1] In 2021, the novel was adapted into an ITV drama starring Tuppence Middleton and Martin Compston.^{[2] [3]}

In 2024, her book The Only Suspect won the Capital Crime Fingerprint award for thriller of the year.^[4]

Early life

Candlish was born in Hexham, Northumberland^[5] and grew up in Northampton. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from University College London (UCL) in 1989.^[6]

Published Books

Novels:

• The Island Hideaway (2004)
• I'll Be There For You (2005)
• The Double Life Of Anna Day (2006)
• Since I Don't Have You (2007)
• The Second Husband (2008)
• Before We Say Goodbye (2009)
• Other People's Secrets (2010)
• The Day You Saved My Life (2012)
• The Disappearance of Emily Marr (2013)
• The Sudden Departure of the Frasers (2015)
• The Swimming Pool (2016)
• Our House (2018)
• Those People (2019)
• The Other Passenger (2020)
• The Heights (2021)
• The Only Suspect (2023)
• Our Holiday (2024)

Novellas:

• The Skylight (2021)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louise Candlish's Our House Wins at the British Book Awards. CurtisBrown.co.uk.
2. Web site: On TV tonight, Louise Candlish's clever novel Our House gets a compelling adaptation on ITV. March 7, 2022. inews.co.uk.
3. Web site: London's Crazy Property Market Gets the Hitchcockian Treatment It Deserves in ITV Thriller 'Our House'. Manori. Ravindran. March 11, 2022.
4. Web site: Kemp-Habib . Alice . The Bookseller - News - Lisa Jewell, Louise Candlish and Lynda La Plante win at 2024 Fingerprint Awards .
5. Web site: ITV's Our House based on book by Northumberland born author Louise Candlish. Chronicle Live. Simon. Duke. 8 March 2022. 2 October 2024.
6. Web site: Discover books by UCL alumni this World Book Day. UCL. 2 March 2023. 2 October 2024.