CrimeFest 2024: Bad People: Serial Killers, Psychopaths and Scary Strangers.

Saturday, 11 May
13:40 - 14:30

The Panel are C.V. Chauhan, Sam Holland,
Joanna Wallace, Sarah Ward,
and the participating Moderator is Alex North 

C.V. Chauhan is the creator of the crime thrillers set in Leicester, featuring DI Rohan Sharma. The first book in the series, The Dance of Death was published in August 2022 and the second, Shattered Dreams in March 2023. The third, Tripswitch will be published in early May 2024. Champak graduated from the University of York, taught history in London and Birmingham, and worked in state education at a senior level. He now writes full-time.

Sam Holland is the award-winning author of the Major Crimes series, following detectives as they investigate murders committed by brutal serial killers in the south of England. The Puppet Master will be published in May. She also writes as Louisa Scarr, and a new series, about a police dog handler, will launch in July 2024 with Gallows Wood. Sam can be found on Instagram and Twitter at @samhollandbooks.

www.samhollandbooks.com 

Joanna Wallace studied Law at Birmingham University before working as a commercial litigation solicitor in London. She now runs a family business and lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband, four children and two dogs. Her first novel, You’d Look Better as a Ghost, was published by Viper in 2023 and won the Crime Fiction Lover Debut Novel Award. Her second novel, The Dead Friend Project, will be published in July 2024. 

Sarah Ward is a crime novelist who writes gothic historical thrillers as Rhiannon Ward. The Birthday Girl, the first book in her new Welsh based series, was published in 2023 and described in the FT as 'channelling Christie-esque tropes' and was followed by The Sixth Lie. She has also written Doctor Who audio dramas. Sarah is Vice-Chair of the Crime Writers Association and Treasurer of Crime Cymru, the Welsh crime writing collective. 

Alex North’s first novel, The Whisper Man, was a Sunday Times, New York Times and international bestseller. It has been published in over 30 languages and is currently being adapted for film. It was followed by The Shadow Friend, and his most recent thriller is The Half Burnt House. Alex is the pseudonym for a previously award-winning crime novelist, and he lives in Leeds with his wife and son.