Editing C. J. Sansom (section)

==Early life==
Christopher John Sansom was born in [[Edinburgh]] on 9 December 1952,<ref name="Tele">{{cite news |title=CJ Sansom, novelist admired for the rigour of his bestselling Shardlake Tudor detective stories – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/29/cj-sansom-novelist-shardlake-tudor-series-historical/ |access-date=29 April 2024 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=29 April 2024 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429105013/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/29/cj-sansom-novelist-shardlake-tudor-series-historical/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the only son of Trevor Sansom. He attended [[George Watson's College]] but left the school with no qualifications. Sansom wrote about the bullying he suffered there.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/cj-sansom-ten-years-at-george-watsons-college-nearly-killed-me-half-a-century-on-i-fear-its-still-a-bullies-playground-xqtjjvpfl | work=[[The Times]] | first=C.J. | last=Sansom | title=CJ Sansom: Ten years at George Watson's College nearly killed me. Half a century on, I fear it's still a bullies' playground | date=6 May 2018 | access-date=3 August 2021 | archive-date=3 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803131338/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cj-sansom-ten-years-at-george-watsons-college-nearly-killed-me-half-a-century-on-i-fear-its-still-a-bullies-playground-xqtjjvpfl | url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently he was educated at the [[University of Birmingham]], where he obtained a BA and then a PhD in history.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/nov/15/cj-sansom-interview | work=The Guardian | first=Sarah | last=Crown | title=CJ Sansom: a life in writing | date=15 November 2010 | access-date=11 December 2016 | archive-date=1 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201230304/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/nov/15/cj-sansom-interview | url-status=live }}</ref> After working in a variety of jobs, he decided to retrain as a solicitor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shardlake series author CJ Sansom dies age 71 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/c97z60z6j3jo |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=29 April 2024 |date=29 April 2024 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429112413/https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/c97z60z6j3jo |url-status=live }}</ref> He practised in [[Sussex]] as a lawyer for the disadvantaged, before leaving the legal profession to become a full-time writer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/articles/c97z60z6j3jo | title=Shardlake series author CJ Sansom dies age 71 | publisher=BBC | date=29 April 2024 | accessdate=30 April 2024 | archive-date=29 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429131351/https://www.bbc.com/articles/c97z60z6j3jo | url-status=live }}</ref>
Sansom lived in Sussex.<ref name=autogenerated1 />