Friday 27th September 2019
Grand Connaught Rooms
Great Queen St. London
Grand Hall 9.30am-10.20am
The Influence of Agatha Christie
discussed by:
Sophie Hannah an internationally
bestselling crime fiction writer. Her crime novels have been translated into 34
languages and published in 51 countries. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers
National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. In 2014 and 2016,
Sophie published The Monogram
Murders and Closed Casket, the
first new Hercule Poirot mysteries since Agatha Christie's death, both of which
were national and international bestsellers.
Sophie’s novels The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been
adapted for television as Case
Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a
bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is
studied at GCSE and A-level throughout the UK. Sophie is an Honorary
Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her
husband.
Ruth Ware who grew up in Lewes, in Sussex. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a
teacher of English as a foreign language and a press officer, and now lives in
North London with her family.
Her début thriller, In a Dark, Dark Wood,
was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and has been optioned for
film by New Line Cinema. The follow up, The
Woman in Cabin Ten, was out 30th June, and she is currently working on her
third psychological thriller, The Lying
Game.
Sophie Hannah an internationally
bestselling crime fiction writer. Her crime novels have been translated into 34
languages and published in 51 countries. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers
National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. In 2014 and 2016,
Sophie published The Monogram
Murders and Closed Casket, the
first new Hercule Poirot mysteries since Agatha Christie's death, both of which
were national and international bestsellers.
Sophie’s novels The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level throughout the UK. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her husband.
Sophie’s novels The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level throughout the UK. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her husband.
Ruth Ware who grew up in Lewes, in Sussex. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a
teacher of English as a foreign language and a press officer, and now lives in
North London with her family.
Her début thriller, In a Dark, Dark Wood, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and has been optioned for film by New Line Cinema. The follow up, The Woman in Cabin Ten, was out 30th June, and she is currently working on her third psychological thriller, The Lying Game.
Her début thriller, In a Dark, Dark Wood, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and has been optioned for film by New Line Cinema. The follow up, The Woman in Cabin Ten, was out 30th June, and she is currently working on her third psychological thriller, The Lying Game.
Christopher
Fowler born in Greenwich, London. He is the multi
award-winning author of many novels and short story collections, and the author
of the Bryant & May mysteries.. He spent 25 years working in the film
industry. His collection 'Red
Gloves', 25 new stories of unease, marked his first 25 years of writing. He has
written comedy and drama for BBC radio, including Radio One's first broadcast
drama in 2005. He has a weekly column called 'Invisible Ink' in the Independent
on Sunday. His graphic novel for DC Comics was the critically acclaimed 'Menz
Insana'. His short story 'The Master Builder' became a feature film entitled
'Through The Eyes Of A Killer', starring Tippi Hedren and Marg Helgenberger. Among
his awards are the Edge Hill prize 2008 for 'Old Devil Moon', and the Last
Laugh prize 2009 for 'The Victoria Vanishes'. His short stories have
appeared in Best British Mysteries, The Time Out Book Of London Short Stories,
The Best Of Dark Terrors, London Noir, Neon Lit, Cinema Macabre, the Mammoth
Book of Horror and many others. After living in the USA and France he is now
married and lives in London's King's Cross and Barcelona.
Christopher
Fowler born in Greenwich, London. He is the multi
award-winning author of many novels and short story collections, and the author
of the Bryant & May mysteries.. He spent 25 years working in the film
industry. His collection 'Red
Gloves', 25 new stories of unease, marked his first 25 years of writing. He has
written comedy and drama for BBC radio, including Radio One's first broadcast
drama in 2005. He has a weekly column called 'Invisible Ink' in the Independent
on Sunday. His graphic novel for DC Comics was the critically acclaimed 'Menz
Insana'. His short story 'The Master Builder' became a feature film entitled
'Through The Eyes Of A Killer', starring Tippi Hedren and Marg Helgenberger. Among
his awards are the Edge Hill prize 2008 for 'Old Devil Moon', and the Last
Laugh prize 2009 for 'The Victoria Vanishes'. His short stories have
appeared in Best British Mysteries, The Time Out Book Of London Short Stories,
The Best Of Dark Terrors, London Noir, Neon Lit, Cinema Macabre, the Mammoth
Book of Horror and many others. After living in the USA and France he is now
married and lives in London's King's Cross and Barcelona.
L C Tyler is participating moderator
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