Thursday, 9 May
15:50 - 16:40
The Panel are Holly Jackson, Janet McLoughlin,
Fiona Veitch Smith, Teri Terry
and the participating Moderator is Tracy Darnton,
Holly Jackson
is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series A Good
Girl’s Guide to Murder series, and Five Survive, all having sold millions
of copies worldwide. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder has been adapted
for TV and will be coming to BBC 3 and iPlayer in July 2024, starring Emma
Myers. She enjoys playing video games and watching true-crime documentaries so
she can pretend to be a detective. She lives in London.
Jane McLoughlin
was born and raised in the USA, but has spent most of her adult life in the UK.
A former teacher, she has previously published novels for young people, which
were nominated for various awards, including the Carnegie Award and the
Branford Boase Prize. She has two grown up children, and lives in Brighton. The
Perfect Couple is her debut novel for adults.
janemcloughlinwriter.com
Fiona Veitch Smith
writes Golden Age mysteries and historical crime fiction and has been
shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger. Her breakthrough series was Poppy
Denby Investigates about a reporter sleuth in 1920s London. Her new series, the
Miss Clara Vale Mysteries with Embla Books, is set in and around Newcastle in
the late 20s & early 30s, featuring a female forensic scientist who
inherits a detective agency. The Pyramid Murders is due out in
May.
http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/
Teri Terry is a new voice in psychological thrillers. The Patient is a medical
thriller published with Bookouture earlier this year. She is also an
award-winning, international bestselling author of over a dozen young adult
thrillers, including Slated and, most recently, a ghost
story, Scare Me.
www.teriterry.com
Tracy Darnton is the author of three YA psychological
thrillers: Ready or Not, The Rules and The
Truth About Lies, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book
Prize and a World Book Night title. Her first picture book My Brother
is An Avocado is out with Simon & Schuster. A former
solicitor, she has an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa Uni. Tracy
lives near Bath where she dreams up her killer endings.
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