The Search for Anne Perry: The HIdden LIfe of a Bestselling Crime Writer. This item is unavailable.The Search for Anne Perry: The HIdden LIfe of a Bestselling Crime Writer

A compelling look into the hidden life of a bestselling crime writer

Until 1994, the world knew Anne Perry as the writer of bestselling crime fiction at the peak of her writing career. But following the release of Peter Jackson's film Heavenly Creatures, about the sensational 1954 Parker-Hulme murders, came the shocking revelation that Anne Perry began life as Juliet Hulme, the teenager jointly convicted of murdering her friend's mother.

Life would never be the same for Perry. That a convicted murderer had gone on to become a celebrated crime writer with worldwide sales of over 25 million books was tantalizing enough. But careful analysisof her writing reveals that these were more than simple crime stories; spiritual and philosophical complexities thread their way through Anne Perry's works. Was Perry, in fact, revealing more about herself in the characters she was creating?

Acclaimed biographer Joanne Drayton takes on the challenge of exploring Perry's writing to uncover her world view and her compulsion to write. The famously private Perry agreed to be comprehensively interviewed for the book and has allowed Drayton unparalleled access to her friends, relatives, colleagues and archives.

JO ANNE DRAYTON is associate professor in the Department of Design at Unitec, Auckland. She is the author of five critically acclaimed biographies, including 2008's Ngaio Marsh: Her Life