Angela Marsons is a British author of crime fiction, from the Black Country in the West Midlands. She has sold more than three-and-a-half million copies of her novels, which have been translated into 28 languages.
Writing career
Angela Marsons is from Brierley Hill in the West Midlands and is a former security guard at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. Having been rejected by numerous publishers over 25 years, she released three books in her crime series in 2015 under digital publisher Bookouture. Her books all have a Black Country setting, but the author says "I never write about a set group of people or anyone particular I know, all my characters are make believe." The principal character in the crime series is Detective Kim Stone. The success of the digitally-published Kim Stone books resulted in a print deal with publisher Bonnier Publishing Fiction. Marsons is signed to Bookouture for a total of 16 books in the Kim Stone series. In 2020, Marsons signed a deal with Bookoture for an extra 12 books in the Kim Stone series, bringing the total to 28.
Bibliography
Kim Stone novels
- Silent Scream - 20 February 2015, ISBN 978-1785770524
- Evil Games - 29 May 2015, ISBN 978-1785762147
- Lost Girls - 6 November 2015, ISBN 978-1785762178
- Play Dead - 20 May 2016, ISBN 978-0751571332
- Blood Lines - 4 November 2016, ISBN 978-0751571349
- Dead Souls - 28 April 2017, ISBN 978-0751571356
- Broken Bones - 3 November 2017, ISBN 978-0751574890
- Dying Truth - 18 May 2018, ISBN 978-1786814753
- Fatal Promise - 19 October 2018, ISBN 978-1786816931
- Dead Memories - 22 February 2019, ISBN 978-1786817723
- Child's Play - 11 July 2019, ISBN 978-1786815699
- First Blood - 14 November 2019, ISBN 978-0751579826
- Killing Mind - 13 May 2020, ISBN 978-1838887315
- Deadly Cry - 13 November 2020, ISBN 978-1838887339
- Twisted Lies - 10 May 2021, ISBN 1838887342
- Stolen Ones - 11 November 2021, ISBN 9781838887360
- Six Graves - 2 May 2022, ISBN 1838887385
- Hidden Scars - 9 November 2022, ISBN 1803147717
- Deadly Fate - 25 May 2023, ISBN 1837903980
- Bad Blood - 15 November 2023, ISBN 9781837906741
- 36 hours - 10 December 2024, ISBN 9781835259887
Other works
- Dear Mother - 1 February 2014, ISBN 978-1786810427
- The Forgotten Woman - 12 October 2016, ISBN 978-1786810441
References
- "Remarkable rags-to-riches tale for Black Country author who never thought she'd write again, as she sells three million copies of the Kim Stone detective series. - Bookouture". www.bookouture.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- "Angela Marsons". www.hachette.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- "25 years of rejection then 1,000,000 sales: Surprise success for Black Country author". Express & Star. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- "Angela Marsons". amazon.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.