Paul Sussman

Paul Nicholas Sussman (July 11, 1966 in Beaconsfield – May 31, 2012 in London) was a best-selling English author, archaeologist and journalist. His novels have been described as "the intelligent reader's answer to The Da Vinci Code" by The Independent.[1]

Biography

Paul Sussman was the only son of Stanley, a sales manager for a textile manufacturer, and Sue, an actress-turned-psychoanalyst. After a few years in Hampstead the family moved to Northwood in north-west London.[2] Paul was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he won a Joseph Larmor Award and a boxing blue. His novels have been translated into 33 languages [1] and are set mainly in Egypt, where he worked for many years as a field archaeologist, notably with the Amarna Royal Tombs Project in the Valley of the Kings.

Among other finds, at Tomb KV56, in the Valley of the Kings, he unearthed the only items of pharaonic jewellery to have been excavated in the Valley since the discovery of Tutankhamun in 1922.[2][3][4] As a journalist he was a long-time contributor to the The Big Issue, where he won a Periodical Publishers Association Columnist of the Year Award for his satirical "In The News" column. He also wrote for, among others, The Independent, The Guardian, The Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, Cosmopolitan and CNN.com.

Death

On May 31, 2012, Paul died suddenly after suffering a ruptured aneurysm. He is survived by his wife and two sons.[5]

Books

Fiction

Non-Fiction

References

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  2. 1 2 "Paul Sussman: Writer and archaeologist hailed as 'the intelligent reader's Dan Brown'". independent.co.uk, 06 June 2014.
  3. ↑ John M. Adams (25 June 2013). The Millionaire and the Mummies: Theodore Davis's Gilded Age in the Valley of the Kings. St. Martin's Press. pp. 202–. ISBN 978-1-250-02669-9.
  4. ↑ "Experience: I discovered pharaoh's gold". The Guardian. 29 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Tributes paid to 'born writer' Paul Sussman - CNN.com". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  6. ↑ "Paul Sussman". Eurocrime.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  7. ↑ "Coming Soon: The Final Testimony Of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix". The Official Site of Author Paul Sussman. Retrieved 11 November 2015.

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