The Crime Writers’ Association

How I got by with a little help from the internet – on credibility, by Nikki Dudley

Last year, my psychological thriller, Volta, won the Virginia Prize for Fiction 2020. Fast forward to this year and after receiving my first round of edits, I had one big problem: credibility! My novel features three characters who are a lawyer, a th...


Social media and privacy policy

Social media and privacy policy The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) takes its duty to process your personal data very seriously. This policy explains how we collect, manage, use and protect your personal data. We do occasionally update this Po...


Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Sarah Linley

The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. The Beach is my debut novel. It is a psychological suspense set in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Yorkshire Dales. I like to travel and the places I have visited provide ...


Debut Dagger Tips: Kristina Stanley

  Prepare to be deeply jealous when you find out the circumstances in which Kristina Stanley penned her Debut Dagger shortlisted novel, Blaze. However, despite a deeply glamourous writing story, the Canadian newcomer faced the same struggle as a...


Alis Hawkins’ Indie Bookshop Tour: Narberth

Alis will be at Chapter One bookshop in Narberth Museum talking to readers over wine and nibbles about why I chose to set my historical crime series in the Teifi Valley and giving sneak previews of In Two Minds.   Harry Probert-Lloyd, a youn...


Alis Hawkins Indie Bookshop Tour: Mumbles

Cover to Cover in Mumbles, Swansea: Alis Hawkins is celebrating National Crime Reading Month and the publication of In Two Minds, the second in her Teifi Valley Coroner historical crime series by visiting all of Wales’s independent bookshops. &n...


Alis Hawkins’ Indie Bookshop Tour: Cardigan

Awen Teifi, Cardigan: Alis Hawkins is celebrating National Crime Reading Month and the publication of In Two Minds, the second in her Teifi Valley Coroner historical crime series by visiting all of Wales’s independent bookshops.   Harry Pr...


Alis Hawkins Indie Bookshop Tour: Chepstow

Chepstow Books: Alis Hawkins is celebrating National Crime Reading Month and the publication of In Two Minds, the second in her Teifi Valley Coroner historical crime series by visiting all of Wales’s independent bookshops.   Harry Probert-...


Alis Hawkins’ Indie Bookshop Tour: Caerfyrddin

Siop Y Pentan, Caerfyrddin with live music: Alis Hawkins is celebrating National Crime Reading Month and the publication of In Two Minds, the second in her Teifi Valley Coroner historical crime series by visiting all of Wales’s independent booksh...


Alis Hawkins’ Indie Bookshop Tour: Llanidloes

Great Oak Books, Llanidloes : Alis Hawkins is celebrating National Crime Reading Month and the publication of In Two Minds, the second in her Teifi Valley Coroner historical crime series by visiting all of Wales’s independent bookshops.  ...


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