Susan Hill

Dame Susan Elizabeth Hill, Lady Wells (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include ''The Woman in Black'', which has been adapted for stage and screen, ''The Mist in the Mirror'', and ''I'm the King of the Castle'', for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. She also won the Whitbread Novel Award in 1972 for ''The Bird of Night'', which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours, both for services to literature. Provided by Wikipedia