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C. J. Sansom 1952-2024

I first heard the name of CJ Sansom some 15 years-plus ago, vaguely listening to the Radio 4 Book Review programme. I was driving home from my work as Chief Executive of the Mary Rose Trust, looking after Henry VIII’s flagship and attempting to build a new museum for the ship and her contents. Barely hearing the reviewers’ comments, I was suddenly alerted by all the speakers concluding in agreement that reading the book being reviewed was the very best way in which to understand Tudor history – and that the book Dissolution was a must read. I pulled over into a layby and wrote down the name CJ Sansom, Dissolution. Within a couple of days I had acquired and devoured this book, and realised the extraordinary gift the author had for putting the reader right into the action of the day.

I sent a letter to Christopher via his publishers, suggesting he came to see the old museum that we had, and that he might consider writing about the events of 1545. A rapid and positive reply showed real enthusiasm for the subject and the wish to visit. This was the start

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Pan Macmillan remembers C.J. Sansom (1952 – 2024)

Chris won many accolades for his work, including most recently the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for his outstanding contribution to the genre. There are over three million copies of his novels in print.

His longtime editor and publisher, Maria Rejt, has said:

‘An intensely private person, Chris wished from the very start only to be published quietly and without fanfare. But he always took immense pleasure in the public’s enthusiastic responses to his novels and worked tirelessly on each book, never wanting to disappoint a single reader. He was working on his new Shardlake novel, Ratcliff, when he died but his worsening health made progress painfully slow: his meticulous historical research and his writing were always so important to him. I shall miss him hugely, not only as a wonderfully talented writer who gave joy to millions, but as a dear friend of enormous compassion and integrity.’

Lucy Hale, Managing Director, Pan added:

‘We are immensely saddened to hear of Chris’s death: it has b
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C. J. Sansom
British author of crime fiction (1952–2024)
Christopher John Sansom (9 December 1952 – 27 April 2024) was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternate history novel Dominion. He won numerous book awards, including the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2013 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2022. Shardlake, a television series based on Sansom's novel Dissolution, started streaming on Disney+ less than a week after his death.
Early life
Christopher John Sansom was born in Edinburgh on 9 December 1952,^[1] the only son of Trevor Sansom. He attended George Watson's College but left the school with no qualifications. Sansom wrote about the bullying he suffered there.^[2] Subsequently he was educated at the University of Birmingham, where he obtained a BA and then a PhD in history.^[3] After working in a variety of jobs, he decided to retrain as a solicitor.^[4]