The Crime Writers’ Association

Trying Again, by Sherry Rankin

I do not have a risk-taking personality. The whole idea of attempting to find an agent and get published always seemed so daunting to me that, for decades, I was afraid even to try. I always loved to write, however. So a few years ago, I took stock o...


Bookshop of the Month – September 2021: Cogito Books

This month, author and co-Booksellers Champion, Vaseem Khan, writes about Cogito Books in Hexham, run by Claire Grint. Cogito Books is based in the rural market town of Hexham, in the beautiful county of Northumberland, home to castles and a nearb...


Author profile guide

Updating your Author Profile on the CWA website Your CWA author profile is a powerful way to reach readers, if you complete it properly. It will feature prominently in Google search results, and we always link to your profile when promoting you as a...


Dagger in the Library

Dagger in the Library  The Dagger in the Library 2024 is closed. Thank you for voting! The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established writer of crime fiction or non-fiction who has long been popular with borrowers from...


UK’s biggest prize fund to celebrate literature in 2018 – Society of Authors awards open for entries

The Society of Authors starts the search for next year’s recipients of the UK’s biggest literary prize fund. The Society of Authors is inviting entries for its 2018 Authors’ Awards. Run by authors for authors, the prizes make up the UK’s bigg...


CWA Launch High Profile National Crime Reading Month

Ian Rankin, Anthony Horowitz, Elly Griffiths and Vaseem Khan announced as new ambassadors for NCRM The Crime Writers’ Association launches National Crime Reading Month (NCRM) this June – a major initiative designed to celebrate the genre and g...


Join us as we take you behind the scenes of a murder investigation

Inside Justice are bringing their hugely popular Crime Live event to the BPP Law School, Waterloo, London on Thursday 10 May 2018, at 7pm. This event will appeal to those interested in law, forensic science, miscarriages of justice and police invest...


Gold Dagger 2022

Shortlisted


Jacqueline Bublitz

Before You Knew My Name

Little Brown, Sphere


Handwriting Expert & Novelist Sheila Lowe on Clark Rockefeller

Sheila Lowe - Book Carnival virtual signing and presentation August 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PACIFIC TIME When he kidnapped his little girl off the street in Boston, the name “Clark Rockefeller” became known nationwide. Shortly thereafter, he ...


Escaping from Greece with Jason Monaghan

In an ideal world that should be ‘Escaping to Greece’, as like so many other Brits I’m just longing for some sunshine and warm sea. The closest I’ve come so far this pandemic is organising ‘Greek Nite’ for my family bubble, with kebabs, d...


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