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.

Novels

Leisure Books

Her work has been published within the horror books section of Leisure Books.

Torchwood

Torchwood is a spin-off series from the BBC series Doctor Who. These are TV tie-in novels and short stories in that shared world. Pinborough has also written short stories for the Torchwood Magazine. These are:

The Dog-Faced Gods series

Published as the Forgotten Gods Trilogy in the US by Ace Books. "The 'Dog Faced Gods' series is set in an alternative world. The Britain of this world isn't a dystopia but it is merely a little crappier and harsher than ours." Jim Steel

The Fairy Tale Series

Subversive retellings of fairy stories published by Gollancz Books.

Other novels

As Sarah Silverwood

Sarah Pinborough first published The Nowhere Chronicles, a YA urban fantasy trilogy set across multiple parallel world versions of London, under the pseudonym Sarah Silverwood. The series has since been reissued under the name Sarah Pinborough.

The Nowhere Chronicles

Short stories

Adaptations

Several of her novels have been optioned or adapted for TV or film. This includes:

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:

<!-- # Critical reception The Death House Behind Her Eyes 13 Minutes The Language of Dying The Taken Tower Hill The Shadow of the Soul Poison Charm Mayhem Murder # Awards and nominations The Language of Dying: 2009 [Shirley Jackson Award](https://bliptext.com/articles/shirley-jackson-award) finalist and won the 2010 [British Fantasy Award](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-fantasy-award) for Best Novella. "Our Man in the Sudan": 2009 [World Fantasy Award](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-fantasy-award) finalist -->

Personal life

Pinborough was born in 1972 in Buckinghamshire, UK. She is a patron of the Educational Wealth Fund.