What is Paula Hawkins?
[[File:Paula Hawkins Göteborg Book Fair 2015.jpg|thumbnail|250px|Hawkins at Gothenburg Book Fair in 2015]] '''Paula Hawkins''' (born 26 August 1972 in [[Salisbury]], [[Rhodesia]]) is a [[Great Britain|British]] author. She is known for her best selling novels ''[[The Girl on the Train]]'' and ''[[Into the Water]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/21/the-girl-on-the-train-paula-hawkins-new-gone-girl-female-thriller-authors-gillian-flynn The Girl on the Train: how Paula Hawkins wrote ‘the new Gone Girl’] ''[[The Guardian]]'' Retrieved 21 August 2018</ref> ==Biography== Hawkins was born in Salisbury (now [[Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]]) in 1972. Hawkins attended [[Arundel School]] in Harare and [[Collingham College]] in [[London]].<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/runaway-success-paula-hawkins-author-of-the-girl-on-the-train-portraits-by-pal-hansen-10133029.html Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train. Portraits by Pal Hansen] ''[[Evening Standard]]'' Retrieved 21 August 2018</ref> She has also worked with ''[[The Times]]'' as a [[journalist]]. Her 2015 novel, ''The Girl on the Train'' was adapted into film by same name featuring [[Emily Blunt]] in 2016.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/movies/the-girl-on-the-train-review-emily-blunt.html In ‘The Girl on the Train,’ a Boozy Emily Blunt Never Winks]''[[The New York Times]]'' Retrieved 21 August 2018</ref> Hawkins has also written four romantic fictions under the name ''Amy Silver''.<ref>[https://www.afr.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/books/author-paula-hawkins-was-stunned-by-her-first-success-will-it-happen-again-20170514-gw4ref Author Paula Hawkins was stunned by her first success; will it happen again?] Retrieved 21 August 2018</ref> ==Bibliography== * ''Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School'' (2001) (Amy Silver) (with co-author [[Grace Llewellyn]]) {{ISBN|9780471349600}}<ref>{{URL|http://growingminds.co.za/guerrilla-learning-give-kids-real-education-without-school-grace