Sarah Caudwell
Sarah Caudwell | |
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| Born | Sarah Cockburn 27 May 1939 London, England, UK |
| Died | 28 January 2000 (aged 60) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Writer, barrister |
| 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) |
Sarah Cockburn (27 May 1939 – 28 January 2000), who wrote under the pseudonym of Sarah Caudwell, was a British barrister and author of detective stories. Her series of four murder stories written between 1980 and 1999 centered on a group of young barristers practicing in Lincoln's Inn, narrated by a Hilary Tamar, a professor of medieval law whose gender is never specified, who fills the role of detective.