Friday 13 May 2022
13:40 - 14:30
The Panel are: Elle Croft, Biba Pearce, Jeff Dowson,
Victoria Selman
and the participating Moderator is Linda Mather
Victoria Selman
and the participating Moderator is Linda Mather
Elle Croft was born in South Africa, grew up
in Australia and moved to the UK in 2010 after travelling around the world with
her husband. She is the author of four psychological thrillers including top 10
ebook bestseller The Guilty Wife and Buried, and a
contributor to the Afraid of the Light anthologies. Her short
story, Deathbed, Beth Dead, was shortlisted for a CWA Dagger Short
Story award. She works as a freelance social media specialist and also blogs
about travel, food and life in London. Her latest book is Buried
published 5 August 2021.
Biba Pearce grew up on the wild eastern coast of Southern Africa.
She now lives in Surrey, and when she isn’t writing, can be found rambling
through the countryside or kayaking on the River Thames. She writes gritty
police procedurals and is the author of the bestselling DCI Rob Miller series
published by Joffe Books. Her latest release, The South Bank Murders, is
out now.
Jeff Dowson began
his career working in the theatre as an actor and a director. He moved into
television as a
writer/producer/director. Screen credits include arts series, entertainment
features, documentaries, drama series and TV films. Turning crime novelist
in 2014, he introduced Bristol private eye Jack Shepherd in Closing the Distance. The series
developed with Changing the Odds, Cloning the Hate and Bending the Rules. The Ed Grover series,
featuring an American GI in Bristol during the years following World War 2, opened
with One Fight At A Time. The second
book New Friends Old Enemies was published in May 2021. Jeff is a member
of BAFTA, Mystery People and the Crime Writers Association.
Victoria Selman is the
author of the critically acclaimed Ziba MacKenzie series. Her debut novel, Blood
For Blood was shortlisted for the prestigious Debut Dagger Award and an
Amazon Charts #1 bestseller for five weeks, selling over half a million copies.
She was shortlisted for the 2021 Short Story Dagger Award and co-hosts
CrimeTime FM with Barry Forshaw and Paul Burke. Her first standalone thriller, Truly
Darkly Deeply, is Quercus’ lead crime title for 2022.
Linda Mather is the author of the Jo Hughes Murder Mystery series:
Forecast Murder, A Sign for Murder, Murder as Predicted and The
Hanged Man, with a fifth book out later this year, published by Joffe
Books. Jo Hughes is a PI and astrologer.
Described as ‘gripping and twisty’, the stories are set in Birmingham,
Coventry, London and the Cotswolds. Travel, work and people give Linda
inspiration for her writing. Follow her on Twitter @ILindaMather.
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