The Crime Writersā€™ Association

Crime Writers in Residence – at home with AJ Waines

The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. My name is AJ Waines. I used to be a psychotherapist and have an irrepressible curiosity over the secrets people keep, their hidden motives for radical actions and the ā€˜masks...


Writers in Residence – at home with Rachel Sargeant

The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. Iā€™m a full-time author, living in Gloucestershire. Brought up in Lincolnshire, I have also lived in London, Shropshire, Germany and Wales and like to feature places I know i...


Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival

Chiltern Kills is a brand-new crime writing festival taking place in Gerrards Cross, south Bucks. There will be some big names in attendance, including Vaseem Khan, Sarah Pinborough, and Mark Billingham. This is a one-day event, so no need to book a ...


Book Launch: An Old Tin Can by Bryan Mason

Waterstones presents an evening with Bryan J Mason in conversation with Professor Leroy White, with readings, a Q&A, a glass of wine and mingling. Attendees will have the opportunity to buy Bryan's new novel, the first in a new black comedy serie...


Crime Writers in Residence – at home with SM Hardy

The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I live in Torquay with my husband and spent twenty-eight years working for a major bank. After taking voluntary redundancy in 2001 I spent another fourteen or so years working ...


Celebrate National Crime Reading Month on 8 May with Rachel Abbott and Sharon Bolton

Celebrate National Crime Reading Month with Bolton Central Library and Museum as Bestselling, Award winning crime writers Rachel Abbott and Sharon Bolton will be talking about their exciting new books. Rachel's new book "Come a Little Closer" has be...


Bryan Mason on Writing about Serial Killers in Hotwells, Bristol

Bryan Mason will be in conversation with Prof. Leroy White from the University of Exeter about Bryan's debut novel Shaking Hands with the Devil. Bryan will cover areas including the long genesis between drafting and getting published, characterisatio...


Friends, Romans, Murderers with Jane Finnis

ā€œFriends, Romans, Murderersā€¦ā€ Jane Finnis, who writes the Aurelia Marcella mysteries, talks about life (and death) in Roman Britain, and explores the pleasures and pitfalls of writing historical mysteries. Admission free: all welcome. Janeā€™...


Friends, Romans, Murderers with Jane Finnis

ā€œFriends, Romans, Murderersā€¦ā€ Jane Finnis, who writes the Aurelia Marcella mysteries, talks about life (and death) in Roman Britain, and explores the pleasures and pitfalls of writing historical mysteries. Admission free: all welcome. Janeā€™...


Scotlandā€™s International Crime Writing Festival

Lin Anderson and Alex Gray started the festival in 2012 and now itā€™s huge. This yearā€™s featured authors include Chris Curran, Val McDermid, Irvine Welsh, Louise Penny, Ann Cleeves, Peter James, Stuart Macbride, Chris Brookmyre, Ragnar Jonasson, M...


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