Sadie Jones: ‘As a teenager I thought Jilly Cooper’s novels beneath contempt’
The author on dreams of Narnia, the joy of Cold Comfort Farm, and finally finishing War and Peace after an 18-year break
June 2022
Amy & Lan by Sadie Jones review – the end of childhood innocence
The writer’s achingly poignant sixth novel recounts the story of two youngsters whose friendship is pulled apart by the tensions of the adult world in a rural Eden
March 2020
Books that made me
Sadie Jones: ‘I lied about reading Allen Ginsberg to win an argument’
The author on finishing War and Peace, why Donna Tartt’s The Secret History is overrated, and the book that left her breathless
April 2019
Book clinic
Book clinic: what will I love as much as Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends?
Sadie Jones recommends novels dealing with infidelity
March 2019
Book of the day
The Snakes by Sadie Jones review – the abusive power of money
This propulsive novel about venomous parenting is a serious investigation of avarice and justice, wrapped in the rhythms of a thriller
February 2019
Books interview
Sadie Jones: ‘Evil is everywhere you look’
The novelist on grieving for a lost London, the mortal dangers we face today, and the magical qualities of Michelle Obama
July 2015
Weekend TV: what we learned
Joanna Lumley’s mother was a guinea pig whisperer: what we learned from the weekend's TV
TV review
The Outcast review – ‘I feared for Sadie Jones’s adaptation of her perfect novel – but it is excellent’
May 2014
Critical eye
Book reviews roundup: Lost for Words, Fallout and Everyday Sexism
Fallout review – Sadie Jones at the peak of her powers
April 2014
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue review – Melodrama, motherhood and murder
The real-life shooting of cross-dressing gamine Jenny Bonnet is explored in this helter-skelter murder-mystery set in the rooming houses and bars of 1876 San Francisco, writes Sadie Jones
March 2012
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones – review
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones - review
March 2011
Creativity in action
After starting to train as a painter and decorator, Sadie Jones was hooked immediately. Now, she runs her own business and aims to 'create something that looks beautiful' for each client
September 2009
Small Wars by Sadie Jones
Sadie Jones tackles great themes in her second novel, says Justine Jordan
August 2009
'Even when we do talk, we often lie'
Sadie Jones's affecting second novel is about a marriage destroyed by war, as she tells Eva Wiseman
January 2009
Extract: The Outcast by Sadie Jones
An excerpt from the winner of this year's Costa first novel award
August 2008
My space
My space
Sadie Jones, the author of The Outcast shows us around the writing room of her west London house
The Outcast by Sadie Jones
A young man is released from prison and starts his journey home in this extract from Sadie Jones' The Outcast
An accidental novelist
Sadie Jones thought she was a screenwriter until, as Alison Flood discovers, a film script spilled into prose
