CrimeFest Saturday 11 May 2019
10:10 - 11:00
Partners, Sidekicks and friends
discussed by:
Lynn Brittney
has fifty-two plays, books (fiction and non-fiction), and foreign translations
of her books registered for PLR. She began novel-writing in 2005 and the first
book in her Nathan Fox Elizabethan spy trilogy was nominated for the Waterstones
and Brandford Boase Prize. In 2016 she created the Mayfair 100 series, set in
WW1. The first two books – Murder in
Belgravia and A Death in Chelsea have
been published in the UK by Mirror Books.
M.W.
Craven
was born in Carlisle but grew up in Newcastle. He joined the army at sixteen,
leaving ten years later to complete a social work degree. Seventeen years after
taking up a probation officer role in Cumbria, at the rank of assistant chief
officer, he became a full-time author. The
Puppet Show, the first in a two-book deal he signed with the Little, Brown
imprint, Constable, was released in hardback in June 2018. Website:
www.mwcraven.com
Lynn Brittney
has fifty-two plays, books (fiction and non-fiction), and foreign translations
of her books registered for PLR. She began novel-writing in 2005 and the first
book in her Nathan Fox Elizabethan spy trilogy was nominated for the Waterstones
and Brandford Boase Prize. In 2016 she created the Mayfair 100 series, set in
WW1. The first two books – Murder in
Belgravia and A Death in Chelsea have
been published in the UK by Mirror Books.
M.W.
Craven
was born in Carlisle but grew up in Newcastle. He joined the army at sixteen,
leaving ten years later to complete a social work degree. Seventeen years after
taking up a probation officer role in Cumbria, at the rank of assistant chief
officer, he became a full-time author. The
Puppet Show, the first in a two-book deal he signed with the Little, Brown
imprint, Constable, was released in hardback in June 2018. Website:
www.mwcraven.com
Vaseem Khan writes the Baby Ganesh
Detective Agency series featuring Indian detective Ashwin Chopra and his baby
elephant sidekick. Translated into twelve languages, The Unexpected
Inheritance of Inspector Chopra was a Times
bestseller. His books explore realities of life in a country transformed by
global change. Vaseem was born in London, but spent his twenties in India. Since 2006 he has
worked at University College London’s Jill Dando Institute of Security and
Crime Science. Website: www.vaseemkhan.com
T.E.
Kinsey
(Tim) was born in the 1960s. He grew up in London in the 1970s and went to
university in Bristol in the 1980s. He worked in magazines in
the 1990s, and for IMDb in the 2000s. He still lives near Bristol. At
the moment he’s mostly responsible for the popular historical
cozy series The Lady Hardcastle Mysteries (Thomas &
Mercer) but he does occasionally play the drums. Website: www.tekinsey.uk
Vaseem Khan writes the Baby Ganesh
Detective Agency series featuring Indian detective Ashwin Chopra and his baby
elephant sidekick. Translated into twelve languages, The Unexpected
Inheritance of Inspector Chopra was a Times
bestseller. His books explore realities of life in a country transformed by
global change. Vaseem was born in London, but spent his twenties in India. Since 2006 he has
worked at University College London’s Jill Dando Institute of Security and
Crime Science. Website: www.vaseemkhan.comT.E.
Kinsey
(Tim) was born in the 1960s. He grew up in London in the 1970s and went to
university in Bristol in the 1980s. He worked in magazines in
the 1990s, and for IMDb in the 2000s. He still lives near Bristol. At
the moment he’s mostly responsible for the popular historical
cozy series The Lady Hardcastle Mysteries (Thomas &
Mercer) but he does occasionally play the drums. Website: www.tekinsey.uk
L C Tyler is the participating moderator. Len writes two crime series: the Herring Mysteries
(currently optioned for television) and a historical series featuring
seventeenth century lawyer and spy, John Grey. He has twice won CrimeFest’s
Goldsboro Last Laugh Award and was awarded the 2017 CWA Short Story Dagger. He
has lived and worked all over the world but has more recently been based in
London and West Sussex. Represented by DHH. Website
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