Lucy Andrew

Lucy Andrew is a crime writer, crime fiction scholar and former Senior Lecturer in English Literature. Her published research includes her academic monograph, The Boy Detective in Early British Children’s Literature: Patrolling the Borders between Boyhood and Manhood (Palgrave, 2017), edited collections Crime Fiction in the City: Capital Crimes (co-edited with Catherine Phelps, University of Wales Press, 2013) and The Detective’s Companion in Crime Fiction: A Study in Sidekicks (co-edited with Samuel Saunders, Palgrave, 2021). Her debut novel, A Very Vexing Murder, will be published by Corvus (Atlantic Books) on 5th March 2026 and William Morrow (HarperCollins) on 12th May 2026. A Very Vexing Murder is a cosy crime retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma which transforms Emma’s mousy little sidekick, Harriet Smith, into a feisty con-woman-turned-detective who is hired to solve a murder that hasn’t yet been committed. She is represented by Euan Thorneycroft at A.M. Heath.

Other Awards

Shortlisted for the International Crime Fiction Association Book Prize 2022 for Lucy Andrew and Sam Saunders (eds), The Detective’s Companion in Crime Fiction: A Study in Sidekicks (Palgrave, 2021).

Shortlisted for the CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award for Lucy Andrew and Sam Saunders (eds), The Detective’s Companion in Crime Fiction: A Study in Sidekicks (Palgrave, 2021).