Clare Mackintosh
Writing Coach
Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of seven Sunday Times bestselling novels, including the New York Times bestseller I Let You Go, which won Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, Best International Novel at the Cognac Festival Prix du Polar Awards, and was the fastest-selling debut crime novel in its release year. Her other novels—including I See You, Let Me Lie, After the End, and Hostage—have received nominations for the British Book Awards and Richard and Judy Book Club selections. Translated into 40 languages and optioned for screen, they have all been Sunday Times bestsellers (spending 67 weeks in the Top Ten) and have collectively sold more than two million copies worldwide. Clare’s memoir, I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This, explores her experiences of grief. A former police inspector, Clare has extensive experience of mentoring. She has run workshops at literary festivals, in schools, universities and prisons, and has been a judge for the Costa Book Awards. She has a degree in French and Management from Royal Holloway University.
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Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of seven Sunday Times bestselling novels, including the New York Times bestseller I Let You Go, which won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and was the fastest-selling debut crime novel in the year it was released. Her books have been translated into 40 languages and optioned for screen. Collectively, they have sold more than two million copies worldwide and spent 67 weeks in the Sunday Times top ten.
Clare is a former police inspector with extensive experience of mentoring and coaching. She has run workshops and coaching sessions at numerous literary festivals and in schools, universities and prisons; most notably in Dubai, where she worked with inmates to publish an anthology of their work. Within the craft of writing, she has a particular passion for structure, twists and reveals.
In 2024, Clare published a memoir, I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This, exploring her experiences of grief following the death of her son and her father.
Clare’s Genres
- Crime & Suspense
- Memoir
- Psychological Thriller
- Suspense
‘Being a writer isn’t about having a literary agent or finding a publisher, or having books available in shops. It’s an identity. It’s what you do and who you are. Own it: call yourself a writer.’