Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel was an English author of historical fiction and literary fiction novels. She wrote the Thomas Cromwell/Wolf Hall Trilogy. Hilary studied law at the London School of Economics, but transferred to the University of Sheffield where she graduated as Bachelor of Jurisprudence. After marrying geologist Gerald McEwen, she lived in Botswana and then Saudi Arabia. Upon returning to England, she became a film critic for The Spectator while she wrote her early novels. Hilary had won several awards, including (but not limited to) the Man Booker Prize, Walter Scott Prize and the Costa Novel Prize.
