Someone Else's Skin - Goodreads Giveaway

My lovely UK publishers, Headline, are giving away 15 proof copies of Someone Else's Skin to readers in the UK.

There's a link to the right for anyone who wants to enter, or click here.

The deadline is 5 December.

Good luck!

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Someone Else's Skin - UK cover reveal

This may be the moment when I give up all pretence of being cool and professional about this and squeal like a school-girl (the school-girl who dreamed of this day, for all those long years). Headline have played a blinder, I think. What do you all think? And here is a link to the back jacket blurb (currently showing the US cover image).

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Someone Else's Skin, Penguin US edition

Hot on the heels of the new UK proof copies, here is the draft cover for the US edition of Someone Else's Skin. Penguin are publishing it in July 2014.

The UK edition will be published by Headline in February.

More info including back cover blurb for the UK edition is here.


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Someone Else's Skin

These beautiful new proof copies arrived on my doorstep this morning, and I have five to give away after I read the opening chapter in Bristol on 23 October. Do please come along if you can.

The back cover blurb can be read here.

Coming soon: first look at the Penguin cover for the US edition..!

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I'm interviewed by Lloyd Paige about Someone Else's Skin

I was lucky enough to be invited for an interview over at Lloyd Paige's excellent website, to talk about Someone Else's Skin, the first book in my Marnie Rome series. Lloyd asked great questions, including one about Stephen, Marnie's foster brother, and I very much enjoyed coming up with the answers.

Link to interview

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Crime in the Caves (Unputdownable) and Discover Short Stories

I'm chuffed to be chairing Crime in the Caves on 21 October, as part of Unputdownable, for the Bristol Festival of Literaure. Early signs are that it will involve wellies, a headlamp torch and crime's coolest beard-wearer, Stav Sherez.

Our third adventure underground. The depths of crime should never see the light of day. Or should they? Highly gifted authors from indie publisher Faber, on the dark side of humanity. With Bristol professional actors voicing the performances.

In the meantime, I'm all about short stories:

"An evening with five local authors and entertaining performers - Philip Douch, Louise Gethin, Kevlin Henney and Sarah Hilary are introduced by the Winterbourne short fiction writer Pauline Masurel. Listen to their short stories and why they love the rich variety of the short story form. Booking required, cost £2, refreshments available, not suitable for those under 14."

Who could resist? I'll be reading Udumbara in Lytham St Anne's and hoping not to upset any of the over 14 year olds in the audience who own caravans and know a thing or two about chemical lavatories. I'll also be jamming with the other writers about why short stories are so damn good. This could take a while. Do come if you can.

In other news, I've now moved to Bath which is a city so enticingly lovely it's a bit of a struggle to sit down and write. Luckily, there are any number of great cafes to work in; failing that, I may hire a houseboat on the canal, or ask our neighbour to build me a writing shed.

Next up: I'm doing an interview for Lloyd Paige about Someone Else's Skin and its follow up. More about that very soon.

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Someone Else's Skin #review by Susi Holliday

Susi Holliday aka SJ Holliday (because all great crime writers need a pseudonym) has written the sort of review every writer dreams of getting for their first novel: thoughtful, sensitive, in touch with the characters and with an instinctive feel for what, as a writer, I was trying to achieve. This absolutely made my Saturday. Thank you, Susi.

Even though I flew through the pages, Sarah Hilary's incredibly assured debut, Someone Else’s Skin is a difficult read. Not because it’s not well written (the language and style is quite beautiful and unique, and I put this down to Sarah’s skills as a short story writer, her ability to tell a story using the perfect words in a shorter medium) but because the subject matter – domestic violence – is a difficult one to let into your head.

Susi Holliday is represented by Phil Patterson of Marjacq. She is working on her debut psychological suspense, Black Wood. Read about her adventure so far, here.

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