Howard Matthews
Howard of Warwick bears sole responsibility for the entire medieval crime comedy genre.
Having been told by too many publishers and agents that there was no such thing as medieval crime comedy, he self-published the first Chronicle of Brother Hermitage and now has 30 of the things. Then there are historical fiction titles in which real people flounder about in the great events of the past.
Set firmly around 1066 and the arrival of the Normans, the chronicles are regular best sellers in the UK and US and have bothered the Amazon top 20.
With a background in radio and television comedy, including a BFI prize for drama series, Howard created The Funny Book Company and publishes online and through the mainstream book trade.
He is also a member of the SOA and Novelists Inc in the USA and talks on self-publishing and comedy writing.
Other Awards
BBC/BFI prize for Drama series
Writes
Sub-genres
Books by Howard Matthews
What Dead Body?
Not Another Murder
No Murder Here
How Many Monks?
Murder ‘Midst Merriment
Murder Can Be Murder
Return to The Dingle
The Investigator’s Kingdom
The Investigator’s Wedding
The Investigator’s Apprentice
Murder Most Murderous
A Murder of Convenience
A Mayhem of Murderous Monks
The King’s Investigator Part II
The King’s Investigator
The 1066 via Derby
The 1066 To Hastings
The 1066 From Normandy
The Hermes Parchment
The Chester Chasuble
The Bayeux Embroidery
A Murder for Brother Hermitage
The Domesday Book II (Still Not That One)
A Murder for Master Wat
Brother Hermitage’s Christmas Gift
A Murder for Mistress Cwen
The Case of The Cantankerous Carcass
The Case of The Curious Corpse
The Case of The Clerical Cadaver
Hermitage, Wat and Some Nuns
Hermitage, Wat and Some Druids: We’re Going On A Murder
The Magna Carta (Or Is It?)
Brother Hermitage in Shorts
Hermitage, Wat and Some Murder or Other
The Domesday Book (No, Not That One)
The Tapestry of Death
The Garderobe of Death
The Heretics of De’Ath
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