Julie Wassmer
Sub-genre: Cosy crime, female investigator, Romantic Thriller/Suspense
Julie Wassmer is a former television drama writer who worked on several TV series, including the popular BBC soap, EastEnders, for almost 20 years.
In 2010, her autobiography More Than Just Coincidence was published by Harper Collins. The book entered the Sunday Times Best Selling Non Fiction Top Twenty and became Mumsnet Book of the Year.
Murder Fest is the sixth novel in Julie’s popular Whitstable Pearl Mystery series, published byConstable at Little, Brown Book Group.
The television rights to the series have been optioned by the TV production company, Buccaneer – makers of Marcella, starring Anna Friel.
Julie has lived in Whitstable for 20 years and is well known for her environmental campaigning.