Hilary Mantel is one of Britain's most accomplished, acclaimed and garlanded writers. Sir Peter Stothard, Chair of the judges for the Man Booker Prize 2012, hailed her as `the greatest modern English prose writer'. She is the author of thirteen books, including `A Place of Greater Safety', `Beyond Black', and the memoir `Giving Up the Ghost'. Her two most recent novels, `Wolf Hall' and its sequel `Bring Up the Bodies' have both been awarded The Man Booker Prize. In 2014 she was made a Dame.