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Join the CWA Who can join? We offer full membership for those in the UK and overseas who have had published a full length work of crime fiction or non-fiction, and provisional membership for those who have a contract from a recognised publishing ho...
Notes on Word Count for CWA Writing Competitions
Different competitions have different rules – and different levels of rigour in the way they apply them. For the Debut Dagger we are super-strict. We ask for entries not to exceed 3,000 words (1,500 words for the synopsis) by even a word. The ti...
CWA Diamond Dagger goes to Simon Brett
The Crime Writers’ Association is delighted to announce that the 2014 Diamond Dagger will be awarded to Simon Brett. The Diamond Dagger is voted for by members of the CWA and celebrates an author with an outstanding body of work in crime fiction. P...
CRIME FICTION: EXTREME PLEASURES
Crime fiction is now the most popular genre of novel, with whole sections given over to it in bookshops. Crime dramas on TV, often based on book series, are a staple of the TV schedules. What makes it so popular? And how do writers bring off a sense ...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with Jim Eldridge
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. I have been a writer for almost 50 years, the first 30 as a scriptwriter, then writing children's books, and - since 2016 - writing historical crime fiction for adults. My curr...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with John Dean
The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. A journalist by trade, I worked as a crime reporter on newspapers for part of my career, which gave me ample material for my crime novels. I ran my own business for 21 years, s...
Crime Writers in Residence – at home with GJ Minett
Hi! My name is GJ Minett and my fourth novel, which will be published on July 9 by Bonnier Zaffre, is called The Syndicate. The CRA: Please tell us a little about yourself and the books you write. For several years I taught in an 11-18 comprehen...
It’s All In the Point of View by Jared Cade
If you ask most people what point of view is, they will probably answer along the lines: ‘It’s whether you write in the first person (I thought he looked ill) or third person (She thought he looked ill). It’s a little more complicated than that...
Crime and the City Talk
Duncan Campbell – Crime and the City - City of London Police Museum, Guildhall Library December 8th, 6pm, Drinks reception 7pm From Thief-taker General to the Krays, from the world’s first crime reporter to the trial of the News of the World pho...
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