Jad Adams

Jad Adams worked as a newspaper journalist on Fleet Street then moved to national television where he worked as a producer and series producer for 20 years.

He had written from a young age but decided to work full time on books.  His work in biography has been celebrated for its detailed research and perceptive analysis. Political work includes a biography of Tony Benn, one of Gandhi and a world history of Women and the Vote. He has also written extensively on characters associated with the English Decadence of the 1890s.

His first foray into crime was Murder for Insurance, about people who kill their relatives for the insurance money.  His first published fiction was Cafe Europa, about civic corruption, people smuggling and drug running on a Greek island.

In 2025 he released Choce of Darkness, about the US serial killer of the 1890s, Henry Holmes, and the methods used to track him down.

Other Awards

A former Young Journalist of the Year, Jad Adams has won numerous awards for jorunaism including twice winning the Royal Television  Society award for the best international documentary.

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