Sarah Caudwell
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Pencil sketch of Sarah Caudwell
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| Born | Sarah Cockburn 27 May 1939 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
| Died | 28 January 2000 (aged 60) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Writer, barrister |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | England |
| Education |
University of Aberdeen St Anne's College, Oxford |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Subject | Law |
| Notable awards | 1990 Anthony Award |
| Relatives |
Claud Cockburn (father) Jean Ross (mother) Alexander Cockburn (paternal half-brother) Andrew Cockburn (paternal half-brother) Patrick Cockburn (paternal half-brother) Laura Flanders (half-niece) Stephanie Flanders (half-niece) Olivia Wilde (half-niece) |
Sarah Caudwell was the pseudonym of Sarah Cockburn (27 May 1939 – 28 January 2000), a British barrister and writer of detective stories.
She is best known for a series of four murder stories written between 1980 and 1999, centred on the lives of a group of young barristers practicing in Lincoln’s Inn and narrated by a Hilary Tamar, a Professor of Medieval Law (sex unknown), who also acts as detective.
Sarah Cockburn was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the daughter of Claud Cockburn, the left wing journalist, and his second wife Jean Ross, who was partly the model for Christopher Isherwood's Sally Bowles of Cabaret fame. Caudwell's three half-brothers Alexander Cockburn, Andrew Cockburn, and Patrick Cockburn are also journalists. She was the half-sister-in-law of Leslie Cockburn and of Michael Flanders. Journalists Laura Flanders and Stephanie Flanders, and actress Olivia Wilde are her half-nieces.
She graduated in Classics from the University of Aberdeen, and read Law at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. On coming down from Oxford she lectured on Law at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Having been called to the Bar, she practised as a Barrister for several years in Lincoln’s Inn, where she was admitted to and was entitled to practise in 1966, and later specialised in international tax planning at Lloyds Bank. It was at this time that she started to write.
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