Glenda Young Author Event
Join bestselling author Glenda Young at Newcastle Noir! Book your tickets here....
Diamond Dagger winner 2015 to be announced
“I value that brooch more than anything else I own apart from for my wedding ring.” – Sarah Paretsky, Diamond Dagger winner 2002 The Diamond Dagger is our award for lifetime achievement. It has been awarded every year...
Librarians Asked to Nominate Authors for CWA Dagger in the Library 2019
Libraries are now voting for the winner of the Dagger in the Library 2019, after Martin Edwards carried off the award in 2018. The CWA’s Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by a crime writer that users of libraries particularly admi...
Fearful and Wonderful: Alfred Swaine Taylor and 19th century forensic science
“Fearful and Wonderful: Alfred Swaine Taylor and 19th century forensic science.” In this talk, discover the cases, both well-known and obscure, of leading 19th century forensic scientist Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-1880). Along the way, f...
Historical Dagger 2021
Shortlisted
Ovidia Yu
The Mimosa Tree Mystery
Little, Brown Book Group
Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival
Lin Anderson and Alex Gray started the festival in 2012 and now it’s huge. This year’s featured authors include Chris Curran, Val McDermid, Irvine Welsh, Louise Penny, Ann Cleeves, Peter James, Stuart Macbride, Chris Brookmyre, Ragnar Jonasson, M...
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction 2021
Winner
Sue Black
Written in Bone
Doubleday, Penguin
Cath Stancliffe a guest speaker at Northern Lights Writers’ Conference
Cath Staincliffe, author of a host of popular and acclaimed books, deviser of the Blue Murder ITV series and writer of the Scott and Bailey novels, is a guest speaker at a fascinating all-day conference on Saturday 18 March in Sale, Greater Mancheste...
Edit your author profile(s)
Edit author profiles Use this page to update your author profile. The same profile will be used on both the CWA and CRA websites. Remember to use specific terms in your biography text, such as character names, sub-genres, or time periods so that rea...
We’re here to help
If you would like to speak to a member of the CWA team, please click the button below to find the right contact for your enquiry.
