Hilary Davidson (writer)

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Nationality Canadian
Occupation writer
Known for Her first novel won an Anthony Award

Hilary Davidson is an award-winning Canadian writer.[1]

Davidson graduated from the University of Toronto in 1994.[1] Upon graduation she worked Canadian Living magazine, and then became a travel writer. In 2010 she published The Damage Done.[2] It won the Anthony Award for best first novel of 2010. She has subsequently published several more novels.[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Suzanna Chang (2010-10-18). "A Walk on the Wild Side: In her debut novel, Hilary Davidson asks what causes otherwise good people to do something terrible". University of Toronto magazine. https://magazine.utoronto.ca/people/alumni-donors/hilary-davidson-crime-novel-the-damage-done/. Retrieved 2020-05-19. "As a travel writer, Hilary Davidson (BA 1994 VIC) has explored the best of what New York has to offer. For her new crime novel, The Damage Done, she took a walk on the city’s wild side, visiting methadone clinics, morgues and homeless shelters." 
  2. "Fiction Book Review: The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson, Forge, $24.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2697-3". Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2697-3. 
  3. "Evil in All Its Disguises: Hilary Davidson. Forge, $25.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3352-0". Publishers Weekly. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-3352-0. Retrieved 2020-05-19. "Smoothly sinister characters and a creepy Poe-like atmosphere keep the pages turning, though a ragged climax and an overlong denouement disappoint." 
  4. "One Small Sacrifice: Hilary Davidson. Thomas & Mercer, $24.95 (366p) ISBN 978-1-5420-4211-6". Publishers Weekly. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5420-4211-6. Retrieved 2020-05-19. "His PTSD symptoms, which include occasional blackouts and anxiety, make him vulnerable to self-doubt, and there are moments when he and the reader are not certain of his innocence in either crime." 
  5. "The Next One to Fall: Hilary Davidson. Forge, $24.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2698-0". Publishers Weekly. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2698-0. Retrieved 2020-05-19. "Davidson’s exciting follow-up to her debut, 2010’s The Damage Done, takes travel journalist Lily Moore, who’s still reeling from her sister’s death in The Damage Done, to Peru." 
  6. "Blood Always Tells: Hilary Davidson. Forge, $25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3354-4". Publishers Weekly. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-3354-4. Retrieved 2020-05-19. "In this riveting standalone from Anthony Award–winner Davidson (Evil in All Its Disguises and two other Lily Moore mysteries), former model Dominique Monaghan decides to accompany her married ex-boyfriend, Gary Cowan, from New York City to his country place in the Hudson Valley as part of a blackmail scheme to destroy Gary’s sham marriage to wealthy Trin Lytton-Jones."