JOURNALISM | Andrew Wilson

Inside the troubled mind of Marilyn – and what her therapist thought

Independent, 9 May 2026

The star believed she had inherited a mental illness and she would end up in an institution. Andrew Wilson on her lifelong struggle and what letters from her last psychoanalyst reveal

The Marilyn Monroe memorabilia breaking auction records

Times, 6 May 2026

Interest is stronger than ever a century after her birth, with huge sums being paid for even her most intimate possessions

What Marilyn told her psychiatrist

Sunday Times Magazine, 1 March 2026

From the implosion of her marriage to her 'impulse desires' – the biographer Andrew Wilson reveals what he unearthed in the Hollywood star's files

What really happened the night Marilyn died?

Telegraph Magazine, 21 February 2026

For over 60 years conspiracy theories have involved the Kennedys, but a new book reveals some deeper secrets

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There is no justice for families in murder-suicides

Telegraph Magazine, 21 May 2022

Kelly Fitzgibbons and her daughters were murdered by her partner Robert Needham, who then killed himself. Her sister tells their story

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The Enduring Mystery of Marilyn

The Sunday Time, Culture, 24 April 2022

Will Marilyn Monroe’s DNA reveal the identity of her father? The screen siren’s biographer asks why are we still so fascinated by Norma Jeane

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The Professional Voyeur

Unbound, 29 August 2019

Is the biography the literary equivalent of dragging out other people’s dirty laundry and spritzing it with pseudo-respectability as Janet Malcolm said? One award-winning biographer explores the value of excavating other people's lives, but also reveals why he has turned to fiction

Highsmith on stage

Sunday Times Culture, 22 July 2018

What was the real relationship between Highsmith and her greatest creation, Tom Ripley?

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Would Poirot Have Solved the Skripal poisoning case?

Daily Telegraph, 21 March 2018

Agatha Christie and her fascination with poisons

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Solved! The Last Agatha Christie Mystery

Event, June, 2017

Agatha Christie vanished in 1926, feared dead, in a real-life story every bit as dramatic as one of her crime novels. Here, acclaimed biographer Andrew Wilson reopens the case and presents a chilling new theory about her disappearance

The Posh Girl with a Criminal Mind

Tatler, June, 2017

Agatha Christie was raised in genteel luxury and had a vicious and cunning imagination that helped her become the most successful writer the world has ever seen – but only after a mysterious episode of her own

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How Christie Got Cool

Sunday Times Magazine, 7 May, 2017

With TV adaptations and films of her darker work in the pipeline, it seems that the crime writer is finally shedding her cosy image. Yet one puzzle remains unsolved

Book review: 'Our Israeli Diary: Of That Time, of That Place'

The Guardian, 3 January, 2017

A recently rediscovered diary of the Antonia Fraser's 1978 trip to the Holy Land with Harold Pinter is wise and witty

Book review: 'Freya'

The Independent, 21 November, 2016

Anthony Quinn is the literary equivalent of Houdini, a novelist who has a particular talent for absenting himself and letting his characters come to life

Book review: 'A Ghost's Story'

The Independent, 2 December, 2015

A playful paean to the life of celebrity medium Katie King. Instead of using the forensic techniques of a biographer, Lorna Gibb has opted for a more fictional telling of this strange tale