Antonia Hodgson
Antonia Hodgson
b. 1971 · From United Kingdom- Books
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Antonia Hodgson is a British novelist, born in Derby and educated at Leeds University. She spent nearly twenty years in publishing, rising to editor-in-chief at Little, Brown, before turning to fiction. Her debut, The Devil in the Marshalsea (2014), the first of the Thomas Hawkins historical crime novels set in 1720s London, won the CWA Historical Dagger. The Raven Scholar (2025) began The Eternal Path, her epic fantasy trilogy.
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The Thomas Hawkins series should be read in this order: Devil in the Marshalsea, The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins, and Death at Fountains Abbey.
Antonia Hodgson is known for her historical crime novels that blend meticulous research with a dark, atmospheric tone and a strong sense of place, often focusing on the grittier aspects of 18th-century London.










