Martha Hillier
Writing
Biography
Martha Hillier is known for The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023), Vera (2011) and The Last Kingdom (2015).
Known For

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.
The Last Kingdom

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
Vera

In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the centre of London society and a world at war.
The Halcyon

Personal Affairs is a six-part 2009 BBC Three comedy-drama miniseries created and written by Gabbie Asher. A quartet of Desperate Workwives—Lucy Baxter, Nicole Palmerston-Amory, Michelle Lerner, and Doris Siddiqi—try to break through the glass ceiling.