British novelist Clare Dunkel, better known as Mo Hayder, died last Tuesday at the age of 59 from a neurodegenerative disease, announced on Wednesday
his publishing house, relayed in particular by the Huffington Post. Queen of the thriller, Mo Hayder had her first success in 2000 with the publication of Birdman, the first novel in a horror series, which quickly became a bestseller in Great Britain.
“We are losing a brilliant writer and a wonderful, extraordinary and unique human being,” said agent Jane Gregory. His books were amazing and innovative. Clare was charming, fun, caustic, and always good company. “
A posthumous novel in 2022
Author of black and horror novels, including the series around the character of Jack Caffery (Birdman, The Treatment, Ritual…), Mo Hayder has received numerous awards, including the SCNF European thriller award for Tokyo in 2005, and the prestigious Edgar-Allan-Poe Award for Gone in 2012.
On Twitter, Les Presses de la Cité, its publishers in France, paid tribute to this “author with incomparable talent who knew how to renew the detective genre and transcend its borders to build an intelligent work, with unforgettable characters. If Mo was able to scare us at will, Clare was gorgeous, sensitive, human and funny. “
As reported by the website of Figaro, the novelist had just completed a very last novel, The Book of Sand, which should be released in early 2022.