Belinda Bauer is a British author who grew up in England and South Africa and now lives in Wales (Bauer, “Biography”). “Belinda worked as a journalist and screenwriter” (Bauer, “Biography”). He worked as a journalist in Cardiff for seven years (“The Writers of Wales Database”). She writes British crime novels, two of her famous novels are Black-Lands and Darkside (“Belinda Bauer (author)”). His journalism background may have sparked his interest in writing mystery and mystery novels. Belinda's plots are based on true stories that happened in the world (Maynard-Smith, Julian). In the novel Black-Lands one of the main characters, Avery, builds benches in the prison laboratory to use as a ladder to climb over the prison wall, inspired by a real event that occurred during a prison escape in Dartmoor, England. (Maynard-Smith, Julian). The themes of both novels derive from Bauer's interest primarily in psychology, but also in sports and all forms of gambling (“Bauer, Belinda”). Both novels are set in the village of Shipcott, Exmoor, North Devon, England (“Belinda Bauer (author)”). The launch of the novel Black-Lands earned her the British Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of 2010 (“Belinda Bauer (author)”). Belinda Bauer's Darkside and Black-Lands contain style, point of view, and tone in these novels. Darkside by Belinda Bauer has a unique style in the novel that would draw the reader deep into the book. The novel was written in a more modern era where the technology is available to search crime scenes for evidence. The character in the novel who created the murders was a serial killer. The Darkside victims were all of advanced age. She shares…half of the paper…heb. February 27, 2012.Bauer, Belinda. Black Earths. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. Print. Bauer, Belinda. “Q&A on Blacklands.” Belinda Bauer. Random House Group Limited. January 10, 2011. Web. February 16, 2012.Bauer, Belinda. Dark side. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Print. “Bauer, Belinda.” Gregory & Company. Gregory & Company Agents of the authors. nd Web. 27 February 2012. "Belinda Bauer (author)." Wikipedia. February 10, 2012. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Web. February 27, 2012. Jakeman, Jane. “Dark Side, by Belinda Bauer.” The Independent. January 14, 2011. Web. February 16, 2012. Maynard-Smith, Julian. “The dark side of BELINDA BAUER..” Shots Crime & Thriller Ezine. ScattiMag. nd Web. 16 February 2012.Nikki-ann. “Blacklands: The Review.” Life notes. np 7 July 2012. Web. 3 March 2012. "The Wales Writers' Database". Llenyddiaeth Cymru Literature Wales. Welsh Government. nd Web. 27 February 2012.