Emerging Authors
Emerging Authors Join the Crime Writers' Association as an Emerging Author - A new type of membership for tomorrow's writers. This category encourages new crime writers in their quest to become published authors by welcoming them into the com...
CWA Christmas Party
It’s beginning to look a lot like… The supermarket shelves are full of mince pies, the lights on Oxford Street are twinkling and various celebrities are heading to the Australian jungle. This can only mean one thing. It’s time to book your t...
William Shaw: Deadland
William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction – Peter James Taut, terrifying and timely – Val McDermid, on Salt Lane A modern crime master – Sun Dungeness is a splendid backdrop for a troubled detective – Daily Mail ...
Exclusive Author Masterclasses: An Evening with Stuart Turton
Working with Book Aid International, we’re thrilled to reveal a one-off series of evening masterclasses with authors keen to offer insight into their novels and the writing process. Tuesday 15th May Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, Londo...
Anthea Fraser: Planning Murder
Bestselling novelist talks about her life in writing – on the day her 50th novel, Sins of the Fathers, is published. Thursday 26 April Tring Library 7.15pm ...
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2022
Winner
MW Craven
Dead Ground
Little, Brown / Constable
Crime Writers Emerging from Lockdown with Louise Burfitt-Dons
How an escape story inspired The Secret War Some years ago when I was living in Australia I met someone whose family had escaped the Cultural Revolution. The planning required utmost secrecy for the father to organise their ‘trip to Hong Kong to...
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2022
Shortlisted
Laura Lippman
Dream Girl
Faber
Talk with Paul Finch
Join us for a talk with Author and scriptwriter Paul Finch. Having started out with a career in the Police, Paul left this profession to pursue a career in writing; penning scripts for popular TV show ‘The Bill’ before becoming an author. A write...
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