Anne Perry born Juliet Marion Hulme was a British convicted murderer and writer best known for writing the Thomas Pitt and William Monk series of historical mysteries that sold more than 26 million copies. Her murderous past was publicly revealed and dramatized in a 1994 movie Heavenly Creatures. Before Perry became an established author she was convicted of the murder of her of friend Parker's mother, Honorah Rieper in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1954, at the age of fifteen, together with her ... moreAnne Perry born Juliet Marion Hulme was a British convicted murderer and writer best known for writing the Thomas Pitt and William Monk series of historical mysteries that sold more than 26 million copies. Her murderous past was publicly revealed and dramatized in a 1994 movie Heavenly Creatures. Before Perry became an established author she was convicted of the murder of her of friend Parker's mother, Honorah Rieper in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1954, at the age of fifteen, together with her 16-year-old friend Pauline Parker. They served five years behind bars and they were given new identities. Her criminal past was revealed publicly in the summer of 1994 when word leaked out that Peter Jackson would recount her story in the film Heavenly Creatures. After she got out of prison she returned to England and became a flight attendant. Perry's first novel, The Cater Street Hangman, was published in 1979 and from then on she went on to publish over 100 books. The Times of London named its 100 Masters of Crime of the past century, there she was on the list alongside Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and Arthur Conan Doyle.
