Mark Billingham

Mark Billingham is a British crime novelist, born on 2 July 1961 in Solihull, West Midlands. He worked as an actor and stand-up comedian — appearing in British TV series including “Maid Marian and Her Merry Men” — before turning to writing. His first novel, “Sleepyhead” (2001), introduced DI Tom Thorne of the Metropolitan Police; the series now runs to around nineteen volumes and was adapted for Sky One in 2010 as “Thorne” with David Morrissey. He has also written the Nicola Tanner novels and, since 2023, a second series featuring detective Declan Miller. He is published in the United Kingdom by Little, Brown.