Peter May (born 20 December 1951) is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer.
 He is the recipient of writing awards in Europe and America.
 "The Blackhouse" won the U.S. Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the national literature award in France, the CEZAM Prix Litteraire.
 "The Lewis Man" won the French daily newspaper "Le Télégramme"' s 10,000-euro Grand Prix des Lecteurs.
 In 2014, "Entry Island" won both the Deanston’s Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the UK’s ITV Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year Award.
 May’s books have sold more than two million copies in the UK and several million internationally.
What the Dead Know is a crime thriller by Laura Lippman published in 2007.
 The story, set in Baltimore in 2005, is about an investigation into a woman who claims to be Heather Bethany, a girl who had gone missing thirty years before.
 The book was critically acclaimed.
 It won the 2007 Quill Award in the mystery/suspense/thriller category and 2008 Anthony Award for Best Novel.
(born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer.
 His motion picture debut was in Ridley Scott's 2001 action film "Black Hawk Down".
 Hardy's other notable films include the science fiction film "" (2002), the crime film "RocknRolla" (2008), biographical psychological drama "Bronson" (2008), sports drama "Warrior" (2011), Cold War espionage film "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011), crime drama "Lawless" (2012), drama "Locke" (2013), mobster film "The Drop" (2014), and the biographical western thriller "The Revenant" (2015), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
 He portrayed "Mad" Max Rockatansky in the post-apocalyptic film "" (2015), and both of the Kray twins in the crime thriller "Legend" (2015).
 He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: the science fiction thriller "Inception" (2010), the superhero film "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), as Bane, and the action-thriller "Dunkirk" (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II.
 Hardy has been cast as Eddie Brock/Venom in a live-action film adaptation of the same name, set to be released in 2018.
Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann.
 A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel "The Beetle", which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1897), and was initially even more popular.
 "The Beetle" remained in print until 1960.
 Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour.
 Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with "The Beetle" in 2004.
 Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".
Mark Gilroy is an American publisher and author notable for writing character-driven crime thrillers. "
USA Today" reviewer Serena Chase described his crime thriller "Cuts Like A Knife" as an "intense, eerie, funny and suspenseful thriller with a very subtle faith thread that enriches rather than suffocates the story." "
Publishers Weekly" described the thriller as having an "evil criminal, dedicated cop, and exciting ending."
 A reviewer of his second novel, "Every Breath You Take", suggested that "shifts between private and public reactions nicely fit the spiritual themes in the material."
 Gilroy has worked thirty years in the publishing industry.
Ganesh - Vasanth are the fictional lawyer cum detective duo appearing in Tamil crime thriller novels written by Sujatha from 1970s.
 Lawyer Ganesh is a senior advocate who is mainly accompanied by his witty and mischievous young junior assistant lawyer Vasanth.
 The duo featured in many of the detective crime thriller novels of writer Sujatha.
The Crime Thriller Awards is a British awards ceremony dedicated to crime thriller fiction.
 The inaugural event was held on 3 October 2008 at the Grosvenor Hotel, hosted by comedian and "Jonathan Creek" actor Alan Davies.
 It was televised on ITV3 on 6 October.
 The ceremony was preceded by seven weeks of crime-thriller-related programming on ITV3.
Laura Lippman (born January 31, 1959) is an American author of detective fiction.
Lauren St John is an author born in Rhodesia, in modern-day Zimbabwe.
 She is best known for her children's novels including "The White Giraffe" and "Dead Man's Cove" which won her a Blue Peter Book Award in 2011.
Barry Forshaw is a writer, broadcaster and journalist whose books include "", "The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction", "Brit Noir", "British Gothic Cinema", "Nordic Noir", "Sex and Film", "Euro Noir", "" and "" along with books on Italian cinema, film noir and the first UK biography of Stieg Larsson, "The Man Who Left Too Soon".
 He has written on books and films for many newspapers and magazines; he also edits "Crime Time", and is one of the talking heads for the ITV Crime Thriller author profiles.
 He records documentaries on crime fiction and film for a variety of BBC producers for both TV and radio, along with much work for foreign broadcasters.
 He has been Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association.
 As well as his specialist area of books (in most genres), he writes on film (booklets for special edition DVDs) and all aspects of the arts (popular and serious).
 He is winner of the Keating Award for Non-Fiction for "British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia" (Greenwood)

Question: What the Dead Know is a crime thriller by an author born in what year?
Answer: 1959