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S J Watson was born in the Midlands, lives in London and worked in the NHS for a number of years.

In 2009 Watson was accepted into the first Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ Course, a programme that covers all aspects of the novel-writing process. Before I Go to Sleep is the result.

Now sold in over 30 languages around the world, Before I Go To Sleep has been also been acquired for film by Ridley Scott’s production company, Scott Free, with Rowan Joffe to direct. Filming is scheduled to begin in 2011.

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I've been on holiday so there's something of a backlog of news to report! Before I Go to Sleep has been on a few lists lately - it's been longlisted for the Desmond Elliott prize and the 2012 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year, as well as being shortlisted for a Crimefest award for the best unabridged audiobook.

Then there's the film. Nicole Kidman has signed up to play Christine in... read more »

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“We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it.”
― S.J. Watson, Before I Go To Sleep

tags: believe, history, memory, remember

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“What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?”
― S.J. Watson, Before I Go To Sleep

tags: human-nature, memories

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“I want him to be happy. And I want you to be happy, too. Even if you can only find that happiness without me.”
― S.J. Watson, Before I Go To Sleep

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