來源：The Guardian
原名：‘I will defeat Richard Osman!’: Holly Jackson on being Britain’s top selling female crime author
編譯：王欣園
校對：代玉龍 陳熠菲
時(shí)間：2024年4月16日
近日，英國犯罪小說新秀霍莉·杰克遜（Holly Jackson）接受了衛(wèi)報(bào)（The Guardian）的采訪。在此次采訪中教寂，該青少年犯罪小說暢銷作家暢談了其作品《好女孩謀殺指南》（A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder籍滴，2019）與新作《雷切爾·普拉斯的再現(xiàn)》（The Reappearance of Rachel Price，2024）并表達(dá)了自己作為英國犯罪小說家的雄心壯志贰镣。
霍莉·杰克遜于1992年出生于英國白金漢郡呜象，其父是一名攝影師膳凝，而母親則是英國廣播公司（BBC）一名制作助理。作為“被遺忘的老二”恭陡，她自小轉(zhuǎn)向?qū)懽鞑⒅铝τ诔蔀橐幻骷业乓簟?jù)杰克遜本人透露，她在15歲時(shí)便完成了一本400頁的奇幻小說休玩。而進(jìn)入諾丁漢大學(xué)后著淆，她開始系統(tǒng)地學(xué)習(xí)寫作并最終取得英語碩士學(xué)位。2019年拴疤，杰克遜攜處女作《好女孩謀殺指南》正式進(jìn)入文學(xué)領(lǐng)域并取得了2019年英國最暢銷的青少年小說處女作的佳績永部。該書還被英國廣播公司(BBC)翻拍為電視劇，而其后出版的續(xù)集《乖女孩的恩怨情仇》（Good Girl呐矾、Bad Blood, 2020）和《與死無異》（As Good As Dead苔埋，2021），以及一部獨(dú)立的驚悚小說《五個(gè)幸存者》（Five Survive蜒犯，2022）也仍保持著良好的銷售記錄组橄。此外，杰克遜的書目在TikTok平臺(tái)上也深受好評罚随。而杰克遜近日出版的新書《雷切爾·普萊斯的再現(xiàn)》玉工，則講述了18歲的貝爾同意參加一部關(guān)于尋找她母親雷切爾·普萊斯下落的紀(jì)錄片，然而毫炉，拍攝開始后不久瓮栗，普萊斯卻又神奇般出現(xiàn)的故事。同之前作品一般瞄勾，警察的表現(xiàn)依舊極差费奸，因?yàn)榻芸诉d認(rèn)為，現(xiàn)代司法體系“往往辜負(fù)了它本應(yīng)保護(hù)的人”进陡。而當(dāng)被問及驚悚題材為什么一直是杰克遜的首選時(shí)愿阐，杰克遜認(rèn)為是深受童年時(shí)期的“文化熏陶”。杰克遜回憶到其10歲時(shí)曾生病逃學(xué)在家看斯蒂芬·金的《24小時(shí)》（Stephen King趾疚，24）系列以及常年玩電腦游戲《古墓麗影》（Tomb?Raider）的經(jīng)歷缨历。此外，在反復(fù)試讀時(shí)下流行的“浪漫主義”作品后糙麦，杰克遜也表示其對此類題材作品的無感辛孵。因此，她也以半玩笑語氣說到：“也許我是一個(gè)犯罪作家是幸運(yùn)的赡磅，不然的話我應(yīng)該會(huì)是一個(gè)連環(huán)殺手魄缚。”
雖然，杰克遜如今作品銷量已比其他任何青壯年作家的書都多冶匹，并被譽(yù)為“英國最暢銷的犯罪小說女作家”习劫，但杰克遜在對銷量在其之上的理查德·奧斯曼（Richard Osman）、詹姆斯·帕特森（James Patterson）和安德魯·查爾德（Andrew Child）表現(xiàn)敬意的同時(shí)嚼隘，也表達(dá)了“我將會(huì)打敗他們”的決心诽里。尤其是對于理查德·奧斯曼，杰克遜自信地說到“奧斯曼便是我的終極超越目標(biāo)飞蛹。我注意到谤狡，他看起來確實(shí)很紳士。但我不是桩皿，我將用‘骯臟的’手段戰(zhàn)斗直到最終擊敗他豌汇、取代他⌒垢簦”
Recently, Holly Jackson, a rising star in British crime fiction, gave an interview to The Guardian. In The interview, the bestselling teen crime author talks about her book "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" (2019) and her new book, "The Reappearance of Rachel Price," (2024) and expresses her ambition as a British crime novelist.
Holly Jackson was born in Buckinghamshire in 1992, the daughter of a photographer and a production assistant at the BBC. As the "forgotten middle child", she turned to writing as a child and dedicated herself to becoming a writer. According to Jackson herself, she completed a 400-page fantasy novel when she was 15. After entering the University of Nottingham, she began to systematically study writing and eventually obtained a master's degree in English. In 2019, Jackson officially entered the literary world with her debut novel, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which became the best-selling debut young adult novel in the UK in 2019. The book has also been made into a BBC television series. It was followed by sequels "Good Girl, Bad Blood" (2020) and "As Good As Dead" (2021), as well as a standalone thriller, "Five Survive," (2020). 2022) also maintains a good sales record. Jackson's book has also been well received on TikTok. In Jackson's recently published book, The Reappearance of Rachel Price, she tells the story of 18-year-old Belle who agrees to take part in a documentary about the search for her mother, Rachel Price, but soon after filming begins, Price magically reappears. As in previous works, the police perform poorly because, Jackson argues, the modern justice system "too often fails the very people it is supposed to protect." When asked why the thriller genre has always been Jackson's preferred genre, Jackson attributed it to the "cultural influence" of her childhood. Jackson recalls being sick at age 10 and skipping school to watch Stephen King's "24" box set and playing the Tomb Raider computer game for years. In addition, after repeatedly reading popular "romantic" works, Jackson also expressed his lack of interest in the genre. "Maybe I'm lucky I'm a crime writer," she says, half-joking, "otherwise I'd be a serial killer."
Although Jackson has now sold more books than any other young adult author and has been named "Britain's best-selling female crime writer", But Jackson, while paying homage to Richard Osman, James Patterson and Andrew Child, who outsold her, also expressed her determination that "I will beat them." Of Richard Osman in particular, Jackson confidently stated that "Osman is my ultimate goal." He did seem very gentle, I noticed. But I am not, I will fight with 'dirty' means and ultimately defeat him and replace him."
