CrimeFest: Ghosts From The Past: When Yesterday's Crimes Are Felt Today.

   Friday, 16 May 2025

14:50 - 15:40

The panel are John Harvey, Barbara Nadel, 
Michael Ridpath, Teresa Solana, 
and the participating Moderator is Alex North.

John Harvey was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Excellence in Crime Writing in 2007 and his story, ‘Fedora’, won the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2014. Also a poet and dramatist - his adaptation of the Resnick novel, Darkness, Darkness, was staged at Nottingham Playhouse in 2016 - he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Goldsmiths’ College, University of London in 2020 for his “significant achievements and contributions to literature.” 

mellotone.co.uk 

Barbara Nadel is the author of the Cetin Ikmen series of crime novels, adapted for TV as The Turkish Detective on BBC2. She also writes the Hakim and Arnold crime fiction series, set in east London. Her latest Ikmen book, The Wooden Library is due to be published in May 2025 while her most recent Hakim and Arnold, The Golem of East Ham, was published in February 2025.

Michael Ridpath used to work as a bond trader in the City of London. After writing several financial thrillers, which were published in over thirty languages, he began a crime series featuring the Icelandic detective Magnus Jonson, the latest of which is Whale Fjord. He has also written five stand-alone historical thrillers set in the twentieth century. He lives in London. 

michaelridpath.com 

Teresa Solana made her debut as a novelist in 2006 with A Not so Perfect Crime. Her novels and short stories, set in Barcelona, are originally written in Catalan and have been translated into several languages. She has won several awards, including the Crims de Tinta Prize for the novel Black Storms, which opens the series starring the Catalan deputy inspector Norma Forester. Her work is characterised by her satirical style and her sense of humour. 

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

                                         alexnorth.co.uk