WBUR: 'Girl on the Train' author Paula Hawkins talks about her novel 'The Blue Hour'
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Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins is a British author best known for her top-selling psychological thriller novel The Girl on the Train (2015), which deals with themes of domestic violence, alcohol, and drug abuse. The novel was adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt in 2016. Hawkins' second thriller novel, Into the Water, was released in 2017.
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culture · British novelist · journalist · novelist · writer · also Paula Hawkins, Paula Hawkins (author), Amy Silver, Hawkins
Born 26 August 1972 · Q20732317
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 4 entries
WBUR: In 'The Blue Hour,' author Paula Hawkins dives into secrets, lies and murder
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The Boston Globe: Paula Hawkins’s latest is a twisty tale of artistic mystery
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Star Tribune: Paula Hawkins, writer of blockbuster ‘The Girl on the Train,’ can’t wait to meet readers in Edina
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Publishers Weekly: Mariner Lands New Thriller from Paula Hawkins
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2021· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘The twists and turns are riveting’: Stephen King, Paula Hawkins and others on their favourite le Carré
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The Guardian: On my radar: Paula Hawkins’s cultural highlights
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The Guardian: Paula Hawkins: ‘I wasn’t interested in writing the same book again’
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2018· 2 entries
The Guardian: Paula Hawkins: ‘The Secret History inspired me to write crime fiction’
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The Guardian: The Girl on the Train review – is Paula Hawkins's bestseller unadaptable?
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2017· 2 entries
The Guardian: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins review – demanding thrills from Girl on a Train author
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The Guardian: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins review – how to follow Girl on the Train?
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded BBC 100 Women (2016).
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Awarded Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year (2016).
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1989· 1 entry
Aged 17, Hawkins attended Arundel School, Harare, Zimbabwe then studied for her A-Levels at Collingham College, an independent college in Kensington, West London
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-08-26.
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