Claire Wilson

Claire Wilson is from central Scotland. Her debut novel Five by Five was the inaugural winner of the Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers' Prize. The book is based on her day job as an Intelligence Analyst in a Scottish Prison and has gone on to be shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize, the CrimeFest Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award, Capital Crime's Debut Award and longlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger. In 2025 she was selected for the RSL Scriptorium Awards Residency.

Books by Claire Wilson

Five by Five

Claire Wilson

What if the killer she's hunting turns out to be the woman she's falling for? Line of Duty meets Orange
is the New Black in this gripping debut from a major new talent in Scottish crime writing.