Biography
Dame Susan Elizabeth Hill, Lady Wells (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include The Woman in Black, which has been adapted in multiple ways, The Mist in the Mirror, and I'm the King of the Castle, for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. She also won the Whitbread Novel Award in 1972 for The Bird of Night, which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours, both for services to literature.
Filmography
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Susan Hill's Ghost Story (2019)
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The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
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6.42
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The Woman in Black (2012)
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6.52
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The Woman in Black (1989)
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I'm the King of the Castle (1989)
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A Bit of Singing and Dancing (1982)
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The Front Room
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1942-02-05 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceScarborough, United Kingdom
SpouseStanley Wells
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsDame Susan Hill, Lady Wells
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Costa Book Awards, John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Nestlé Children's Book Prize, Somerset Maugham Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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