British novelist and thriller queen Mo Hayder has died

British novelist Clare Dunkel, better known as Mo Hayder, died last Tuesday at the age of 59, following a neurodegenerative disease, her publishing house announced on Wednesday, relayed in particular by the Huffington Post.

Queen of the thriller, Mo Hayder had her first success in 2000 with the publication of

, the first novel in a horror series, which quickly became a bestseller in Great Britain.

"We are losing a brilliant writer and a wonderful, extraordinary and unique human being," said agent Jane Gregory.

His books were amazing and innovative.

Clare was charming, fun, caustic, and always good company.

"

A posthumous novel in 2022

Author of black and horror novels, including the series around the character of Jack Caffery (

,

,

...), Mo Hayder has received numerous awards, including the SCNF European thriller award for

in 2005, and the prestigious Edgar-Allan-Poe for

in 2012. On Twitter, Les Presses de la Cité, its publishers in France, paid tribute to this "author with incomparable talent who knew how to renew the detective genre and transcend its borders to build an intelligent work. , with unforgettable characters. If Mo was capable of scaring us at will, Clare was gorgeous, sensitive, human and funny. "

As reported by the

website

, the novelist had just completed a very last novel,

, which should be published in early 2022.

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