Tim Vicary lives near York, in the north of England. His legal thrillers about a tough British barrister, Sarah Newby, have been compared to the works of John Grisham and Scott Turow. The first two books in the series, A Game of Proof and A Fatal Verdict, were each awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel. The third book, Bold Counsel, was awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence. The fourth book, Broken Alibi, is already gathering positive reviews.

His four historical novels have also won praise. Nobody's Slave, a novel about the Elizabethan slave trade, won first prize in the young adult category of the Kindle Book awards 2014.

Tim has also written many graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press, two of which - Titanic and The Everest Story - were winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation.

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