Paula Hawkins ( author ) - wikipedia Paula Hawkins ( author ) This article is about the British author. For the American politician, see Paula Hawkins. Paula Hawkins Hawkins at Gothenburg Book Fair in 2015 ( 1972 - 08 - 26 ) 26 August 1972 ( age 45 ) Salisbury, Rhodesia ( now Harare, Zimbabwe ) Pen name Amy Silver Occupation Novelist, journalist Nationality British Alma mater Keble College, Oxford Notable works The Girl on the Train Website paulahawkinsbooks.com Paula Hawkins ( born 26 August 1972 ) is a Zimbabwe - born British author, best known for her best - selling psychological thriller novel The Girl on the Train ( 2015 ), which deals with themes of domestic violence, alcohol, and drug abuse. The novel was adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt in 2016. Hawkins ' second novel, Into the Water, was released in 2017. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External links Life and Career Hawkins was born and raised in Salisbury, Rhodesia ( now Harare, Zimbabwe ). Her father was an economics professor and financial journalist. Before moving to London in 1989 at the age of 17, Hawkins attended Arundel School, Harare, Zimbabwe then studied for her A-Levels at Collingham College, an independent college in Kensington, West London. Hawkins read philosophy, politics and economics at Keble College, University of Oxford. She worked as a journalist for The Times, reporting on business. She then worked for a number of publications on a freelance basis, and wrote a financial advice book for women, The Money Goddess. Around 2009, Hawkins began to write romantic comedy fiction under the name Amy Silver, writing four novels including Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista. She did not achieve any commercial breakthrough until she challenged herself to write a darker, more serious story. Her best - selling novel The Girl on the Train ( 2015 ), was a complex thriller, with themes of domestic violence, alcohol, and drug abuse. The novel took her six months, writing full - time, to complete, at a time when she was in a difficult financial situation and had to borrow from her father to be able to complete it. The novel was adapted into a film in 2016. She lives in South London. Bibliography Guerrilla Learning : How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School ( 2001 ) ( Amy Silver ) ( with co-author Grace Llewellyn ) ISBN 9780471349600 Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista ( 2009 ) ( Amy Silver ) ISBN 9780099543558 All I Want for Christmas ( 2010 ) ( Amy Silver ) ISBN 9780099553229 One Minute to Midnight ( 2011 ) ( Amy Silver ) ISBN 9780099564638 The Reunion ( 2013 ) ( Amy Silver ) ISBN 9780099574491 The Girl on the Train ( 2015 ) ( Paula Hawkins ) ISBN 9781594634024 Into the Water ( 2017 ) ( Paula Hawkins ) ISBN 9780735211209 References ^ Jump up to : Saner, Emine ( 21 April 2015 ). `` The Girl on the Train : how Paula Hawkins wrote ' the new Gone Girl ' ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2015. ^ Jump up to : Alter, Alexandra ( 30 January 2015 ). `` Welcoming the Dark Twist in Her Career ''. New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2015. Jump up ^ Dargis, Manohla ( 2016 - 10 - 05 ). `` Review : In ' The Girl on the Train, ' a Boozy Emily Blunt Never Winks ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 08. Jump up ^ Into the Water by Paula Hawkins ^ Jump up to : Runaway success : Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train. Portraits by Pal Hansen Evening Standard Jump up ^ `` Twitter post ''. Twitter. Keble College, Oxford. Retrieved 3 August 2016. Jump up ^ Guerrilla Learning : How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Amy Silver and Grace Llewellyn Jump up ^ Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista by Amy Silver Jump up ^ All I Want for Christmas by Amy Silver Jump up ^ One Minute to Midnight by Amy Silver Jump up ^ The Reunion by Amy Silver Jump up ^ The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins External links Author homepage BBC Meet the Author : Paula Hawkins BIBSYS : 15022839 BNF : cb169570248 ( data ) GND : 1072434687 ISNI : 0000 0000 4281 3828 LCCN : nb2002047529 NDL : 001215188 NKC : mzk2015887107 SUDOC : 185585248 VIAF : 14277202 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paula_Hawkins_(author)&oldid=846942828 '' Categories : 1972 births Living people British women novelists Alumni of Arundel School Alumni of Keble College, Oxford People from Harare 21st - century British women writers 21st - century British novelists Writers from London Zimbabwean emigrants to the United Kingdom Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from October 2016 Use British English from October 2016 Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Български Català Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano Қазақша Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Svenska தமிழ் Türkçe Українська 中文 14 more Edit links This page was last edited on 21 June 2018, at 21 : 08 ( UTC ). 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