Susan Hill. She was born in Scarborough in 1942 and educated in London. He has written Air and Angels, Strange Encounters, Mrs. Winter, and The Woman in Black, among other novels, short stories, nonfiction, and plays, and his work has been awarded the Whitbread, John Llewelyn Rhys, and Somerset Prizes. Maugham, as well as being a Booker Prize finalist. With The Different Lairs of Men (2005), the first novel in the cycle dedicated to curator Simon Serrailler, he surprised critics and readers alike for the perfect combination of mystery, psychological depth of the characters and recreation of life in a small town. of provinces, and the following deliveries, The pure of heart (2006), The danger of darkness (2007) and Vote of silence (2011), did nothing but confirm the expectations generated. All the titles of the Simon Serrailler series, which has sold more than 120,000 copies and is published with resounding success in Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Japan, Sweden, etc., have appeared in this same collection.