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Monday 22 April 2024

CrimeFest 2024: A Skeleton in the Cupboard: Keeping Secrets

  Friday, 10 May
10:10 - 11:00

The Panel are Mark Ellis, Felix Francis,
Simon McCleave, Kaaron Warren

and the participating Moderator is Caroline England

Mark Ellis is the author of the acclaimed DCI Frank Merlin series set in World War Two London. Six books have been published so far and a fifth will be out in May. His third book, Merlin At War, was nominated for the CWA Historical Dagger Award. He is a member of Crime Cymru and Treasurer of  Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival.
                               www.markellisauthor.com 

Felix Francis took over writing the ‘Dick Francis Novels’ from his father. He has recently finished Syndicate, which will be published in September 2024. It will be his eighteenth crime novel. Felix lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, Debbie, and two dogs. A keen cricket supporter, he is a member of MCC and the Lord’s Taverners, as well as of the Crime Writers Association, the International Thriller Writers, the Detection Club and The Garrick. 

www.felixfrancis.com  

Simon McCleave
 was born in South London. When leaving University, he worked in television and film development. He was a Script Editor at the BBC, a producer at Channel 4 before working as a Story Analyst in Los Angeles. He worked on films such as ‘The Full Monty’ and television series such as ‘Our Friends In The North’. He then became a script writer for television and film. He wrote on series such as Silent Witness, Murder In Suburbia, Teachers, Attachments, The Bill, Eastenders and many more.  

Kaaron Warren is an award-winning Australian writer based in Canberra, Australia. Kaaron was a Fellow at the Museum for Australian Democracy, where she researched prime ministers, artists and serial killers. Her novel The Underhistory, from Viper Books, came from this Fellowship. Her other novels are Slights, Mistification, Walking the Tree, The Grief Hole and Tide of Stone. She has seven short story collections. Her writing podcast Let the Cat In showcases ideas, objects, and inspirations.  

www.kaaronwarren.wordpress.com 

Caroline England (aka C.E. Rose) is the CWA Short Story Dagger shortlisted author of six multi-layered, dark and edgy domestic noir novels, Beneath the SkinMy Husband’s LiesBetray HerTruth Games The Sinner and The Stranger Beside Me. As C.E. Rose she has written four gothic-tinged psychological thrillers, The House of Hidden SecretsThe House on the Water’s EdgeThe Shadows of Rutherford House and The Attic at Wilton Place. 

www.carolineenglandauthor.co.uk  

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