CrimeFest 2024: Uncanny Happenings: When Crime is Sinister and Spooky.

  Friday 10 May 2024

10:10 - 11:00

The Panel are Alice Bell, Jane McLoughlin,
Syd Moore, Wendy Turbin,
and the Participating Moderator is
Linda Stratmann

Alice Bell grew up in South West England. Her debut novel Grave Expectationswas released in 2023, and the sequel Displeasure Island is out now! Since 2018 she's been the deputy editor of the PC gaming site Rock Paper Shotgun. After spending several years in London, Alice now lives in Cork, Ireland, where she reads books, makes crochet animals, and plays video games where you can set things on fire and make elves kiss.

www.alicebellauthor.com

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 

Syd Moore is best known for her Essex Witch Museum Mysteries. The series was shortlisted for the 2018 Good Reader Holmes and Watson Award. She has twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2019 and 2020. Two standalone novels , The Drowning Pool and Witch Hunt also look at historic witch hunts in Essex, where she lives. The first book in a new series, The Grand Illusion, set in 1940, was published in April.

Wendy Turbin lives near the sea, walks a dog or two for the Cinnamon Trust. Over the years, Wendy has worked in international logistics, customer service banking, and education – but she has always been a writer. Write a whole novel while studying crime fiction, and achieved an MA. Now her world is all murder and mayhem – and she’s very happy with that. 

Linda Stratmann is the author of three crime fiction series with Victorian settings. Linda’s current series The Early Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, shows a youthful Holmes, before he knew Watson, becoming the legendary detective. In the Bayswater mysteries Frances Doughty combats wily criminals and prejudice against lady detectives. In Brighton diminutive Mina Scarletti exposes fraudulent spirit mediums. Linda’s 35 books also include biography and true crime, notably a history of nineteenth century poison murder.  

www.lindastratmann.com