19 May 2017. 11:20 - 12:10pm
Deadly Serious?:
Shades of Dark and Light in Crime fiction
will be discussed by:
Pete Adams is an architect and designs and builds projects around the UK when he’s not writing up a storm. Pete describes himself as an inveterate daydreamer, escaping into those dreams by writing funny stories that contain a thoughtful dash of social commentary. With a writing style inspired and shaped by his formative years on an estate that re-housed London families shortly after WWII, Pete’s Kind Hearts and Martinets series of books have been likened to the writing of Tom Sharpe.
NJ Fountain is an award-winning comedy writer, chiefly known for
his work on the radio and television show Dead Ringers. He has
also contributed to programmes such as Have I Got News For You.
He also writes for Private Eye.
He also writes for Private Eye.
To read a review of Pain Killer click the link below
Mario Giordano born 30 May 1963 is a German writer. His novel Black
Box (1999), which is based on a true occurrence was adapted to a film. The film was acclaimed and Giordano received an
award for Best Screenplay.
Andrew Taylor has been a
full-time writer sinece 1982. He is the award-winning author of numerous
novels. His first novel won the John Creasey Award. He is the only author to
receive the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award three times. He was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger for excellence in crime
writing. Andrew lives in the
Forest of Dean on the borders of England and Wales.http://www.lydmouth.co.uk/
Ruth Dudley Edwards has been a
teacher, marketing executive and civil servant and is a prize-winning biographer
as well as an historian, journalist and broadcaster. The targets of her satirical crime novels
include the civil service, gentlemen’s clubs, a Cambridge college, the House of
Lords, the Church of England, publishing, literary prizes and
politically-correct Americans. In 2008 she won the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award
for Murdering Americans. Killing
the Emperors is about conceptual art and won the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award
2013.
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