Thursday, 15 May 2025
15:50 - 16:40
The panel are Samantha Lee Howe, M. A. Hunter,
Alison Joseph, Michael Stanley (Aka Michael Sears),
and the participating Moderator is
Caro Ramsay.
Samantha Lee Howe is the writer of over twenty-five novels and
several story collections. She is the author of USA Today bestselling
novel The Stranger In Our Bed, which she adapted for screen. She has won
multiple awards including Best Thriller for the National Film Awards.
Samantha’s latest novel, The Soul Thief, published in December 2024 by
HarperCollins, is a supernatural thriller. She is currently writing a new
post-war series for Bedford Square, which she describes as co-sexy.
M. A. Hunter (who also writes crime as Stephen Edger) is the
prolific author of psychological thrillers, including One Wrong Turn, Every
Step You Take, Sleepwalker and The Reunion. In his latest thriller, The Woman
on Platform 8 (published March 2025), a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues
when autistic Jenna is approached by a woman on the same train, desperate for
help because she thinks she just killed her boyfriend…
Alison Joseph
is a crime writer and radio dramatist, author of the Sister Agnes series of
novels. The most recent is A Poisoned Chalice, (2024). Sister Agnes also
features in a radio drama ‘Sister Agnes Investigates,’ starring Anne-Marie
Duff, available via Penguin Audio. Other radio work includes dramatisations of
Simenon’s Maigret novels. She has also written three novellas featuring Agatha
Christie as a detective. Alison was Chair of the British Crime Writers’
Association 2013 – 2015.
Stanley Trollip writes with
Michael Sears as
Michael Stanley. Their Detective Kubu novels are set in Botswana. The ninth will be out later this year. They also wrote a thriller about rhino poaching,
Dead of Night, set in South Africa, featuring investigative journalist Crystal Nguyen. Stanley also wrote a Crystal Nguyen thriller,
Wolfman, set in Minnesota. They won a Barry Award and were finalists for other awards including an Edgar and an ITW award.
michaelstanleybooks.com
Caro Ramsay
started her career writing the Anderson and Costello novels. She now enjoys
writing the Christine Caplan series, the third of which Out of the Dark was
published in August 2024, as was the paperback of book 2 In Her Blood. As
well as writing, Caro plays the lead role in Carry On Sleuthing, an acting
company of crime writers who push the boundaries of comedy i.e. their plays are
beyond a joke. caroramsay.com
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