Biography
Paul Hawkins - British writer, author of the famous novel "Girl in a train" in the genre of psychological thriller.
The novel was based on the film of the same name with Emily Blunt in the lead role, which was released in 2016.
Childhood and youth
Paul Hawkins was born on August 26, 1972 in Africa, in the capital Zimbabwe of Harare. The girl's father was a journalist and a professor of the economy, and was financially issued. In Africa, the future writer lived to 17 years and attended a private school for girls. Then the floor moved to London, where she studied at an independent Collengham College in Kensington.
After that, the girl entered the University of Oxford, where, like the Father, studied the economy, as well as political science and philosophy. Some time Paul worked as a journalist in the Times newspaper, where she was engaged in business theme. Then the future writer left the state and began to cooperate with different publications as a freelancer.
Hawking parents still live in Zimbabwe. Floor, although it has long moved to Britain, still takes into the heart of Africa's problem and is interested in charity issues.
Literature
The first book written by the hollow was not an artistic work at all. It was a collection of financial councils for the ladies, who came out under the heading "Goddess of Money." Before the fiction of the floor reached in 2009, when he invented a pseudonym Amy Silver and began to strain romantic comedies. A total of four books in this genre came out of her feather, but the love of the public did not use one of them.
Then the floor revised his creative plans and took up a new direction for himself - a serious thriller, affecting sharp social topics. Above the history of domestic violence, drug addiction and alcoholism, the writer was worked for six months. The floor was forced to abandon other projects that brought her money and completely devote themselves to work on the book.
When the financial situation became completely heavy, Paul took money from his father. In winter, 2015, this novel was published under the name "Girl in a train" and immediately became a bestseller. Already by the middle of spring, it was sold out one and a half million copies.
In 2016, the film was released by the novel "Girl in the train", filmed by the director Tait Taylor. The role of the main heroine Rachel in the film performed the actress Emily Blante.
Personal life
Paul Hawkins hides the details of his personal life from the public. After the release of the book "Girl in a train", the writer drove a lot around the country and the world, engaged in the promotion of his novel, nevertheless she had time and romance.
It is known that the Hockey Floor has a long time with one boyfriend, whose name remained unknown. The couple lived together in the apartments of the floors in Brixstone, London. After breaking the floor, there was no exhibition of a former partner Won and allowed him to live with her in the same house.
With the new boyfriend, the floor came up during the rest at the ski resort, where both went with common friends. Already a month after the first book, the floors they became a pair. The new female partner is called Simon Davis, he is thirteen years older, he lives in New York and has a lawyer.
Paul and Simon traveled together along the United States during a tour associated with the promotion of the book "Girl in the train". Hawkins have not yet made legally relations with a new partner, and formally Simon is not her husband. Children from the writer are also not.
Paul Hawkins leads an "instagram" -Aktakunt, where he writes about read in 2018 and before books and publishes photos of typical Scottish species.
Paul Hawkins now
In 2017, Paul Hawkins published a new detective novel "in the still waters". Nal, heroine book, calls his sister a few days before his own death and begs for help. Jules ignores this request and does not take the phone. But now, when Nal found the dead on the bottom of the river, Jules is forced to return to the place, which she hoped before, it was eradicated forever.
The heroine has long buried the terrible memories of the old house and does not want to return to them. But on the shoulders of the woman there is responsibility for a teenage nephew, who remained without a family after the death of the mother. Jules sure that the sister would not commit suicide, and therefore her killer is still somewhere ...
Responding to questions of their fans on Facebook, the floor told a lot of interesting things about the features of the creative process and their own preferences in the literature. The writer admits that he is a big fan of works by Kate Atkinson and Pat Barker.
At his own star Roman "Girl in the train" in the field left a total of 13 months - from the first sketches to the final editorial editor and the release of the book. The writer believes that it is pretty quickly.
Paul says that it has never come across such a phenomenon as a writer block, but more than once, it turned out in a situation where the plot comes into a dead end, where it is difficult to find a way out. In this case, Hawkins appeals for help to his agent, editor or friends, whose opinion can be trusted. Fresh side view helps her find a way out of any story loop. To rely on the opinion of others and does not work on the novel alone - on their own recognition of the floors, the best advice that she received.
Flat is recognized that the idea to write a novel about a person traveling by train and has witnessed a strange incident, it appeared at her own trips to London and from London. The writer also said that, working on the book, was inspired by the films of Alfred Hichkok with their atmosphere of paranoia and the uncertainty that heroes are experiencing.
The agent floors sent out proposals for publishing when the novel was ready only half, and immediately received a positive response.
Bibliography
Under the name of Emi Silver- 2009 - Confessions of A Reluctant Recessionista
- 2010 - ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
- 2011 - One Minute to Midnight
- 2013 - The Reunion
Under the name of Paul Hawkins
- 2015 - "Girl in the train"
- 2017 - "In the still waters"
Quotes
"If a person has a child, he is his weak spot that makes act with a loaf."