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Sarah Pinborough is an English author and screenwriter of over 20 YA and adult works. She is known for her thriller, fantasy and cross-genre novels.

Biography

Pinborough was born in Buckinghamshire, England, in 1972. Her father was a diplomat, and as a child she moved between various countries, including Syria, India, the Sudan, and Russia. After ten years at boarding school in England, she tried several different jobs before becoming a secondary school teacher. She taught for six years before becoming a full-time writer.

Her first publication was a horror story entitled Express Delivery’ in 2001. She began writing novels, and six of these were published by Leisure Books. Moving away from horror, Pinborough then published the trilogy The Dog-Faced Gods (2010-12).

As Sarah Silverwood she penned the Nowhere Chronicles young adult series.

Pinbrough rose to prominence in 2017 with the cross-genre thriller Behind Her Eyes, which was adapted as a limited series for Netflix in 2021.

Screenwriting

Pinborough has written for the BBC and several other television companies. In 2012, Pinborough wrote Old School Ties, the second episode of the ninth series of the BBC TV crime drama New Tricks. On Dec 4, 2023, it was announced that Pinborough will adapt her Dog Faced Gods novels to television for Red Planet Pictures. In 2024, Paramount+ will release Insomnia, starring Vicky McClure.

Other projects in various stages of development include:

M (2013) World Productions/ITV Global Returnable Drama Series.

Fallow Ground (2012) World Productions Original 3-part drama.

Red Summer (2012) Blind Monkey Pictures Feature screenplay. Under option.

Personal life

Pinborough was born in 1972 in Buckinghamshire, UK.

She is a patron of the Educational Wealth Fund.