CrimeFest 2023: Humanity in the Darkness: Finding Hope in Crime Fiction.

  Friday, 12 May 2023
12:30 - 13.20

The Panel are Michael Ridpath, Zoe Sharp,
Jane Shemilt, Jacqueline Sutherland, 
and the Participating Moderator is Maxim Jakubowski,

Michael Ridpath used to work as a bond trader in the City of London. After writing several financial thrillers, which were published in over thirty languages, he began a crime series featuring the Icelandic detective Magnus Jonson, the latest of which is Death in Dalvik. He has also written five standalone historical thrillers. He lives in London.

                                        www.michaelridpath.com

Zoë Sharp spent her childhood living aboard a catamaran on the northwest coast of England. She opted out of mainstream education at twelve, and wrote her first novel at fifteen. She began writing crime thriller fiction after receiving death-threats in the course of her work as a photojournalist, and has been nominated for numerous awards. She is currently writing a new mystery thriller series for Bookouture, which began with The Last Time She Died. 

www.ZoeSharp.com

Jane Shemilt is the internationally published bestselling author of  psychological thrillers including Daughter, The Drowning Lesson, How Far We Fall, Little Friends and The Patient. All Her Secrets publishes with Harper Collins on August 17^th 2023.  Following a career as a GP, Jane completed an MA in Creative Writing (distinction) at Bath Spa University. Daughter, a Sunday times top 5  bestseller, shortlisted for the Edgar Award, became the bestselling debut of 2014 .

www.janeshemilt.com     

Jacqueline Sutherland, author of The Coffin Club and Twin Truths. Jacqueline has a long career in Marketing and PR and has always wanted to write creatively. She wrote her debut novel The Coffin Club whilst on the Faber academy ‘Write your novel’ course.  She writes psychological thrillers and loves a twist. She is known at home for watching horror films from behind cushions and always burning the garlic bread. 

Maxim Jakubowski is an established novelist, ex-publisher, critic and translator, owner of London's erstwhile Murder One bookshop, and is currently the Chair of the Crime Writers' Association. His more recent books are the Black is the Night anthology and his short story collection Death Has A Thousand Faces. He is an Executive Producer on the forthcoming Factory TV series from Fox/Disney, based on the novels of Derek Raymond. Website:

www.maximjakubowski.co.uk