Thursday, 15 May 2025
14:40 - 15:30
The panel are Alison Bruce, Stuart Field,
Biba Pearce, Jay Warton,
and the participating Moderator is Kate Ellis
Alison Bruce was born in Croydon and grew up in Wiltshire. She had moved to the Cambridge area in 1998 and decided to make it the backdrop for the books because of its unique mix of characteristics. She writes the DC Gary Goodhew / Cambridge Blue series and has also written two standalone novels, I Did It for Us and The Moment before Impact. Alison has a first-class BSc (Hons) in Crime and Investigative Studies and works with the Eastern region police forces. The first book in her new series set in Cambridge is, Because She Looked Away, which will be published September 2024.
Stuart Field was born and raised in the West Midland. He is a British Army veteran who served twenty-two years in Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Gulf, as well as some sunshine tours such as Cyprus. As well as working full-time in armed security, he writes in his spare time but tries to make time for the odd holiday. His love for travel has inspired some of his work with his John Steel and Ronin Nash thriller series.
Biba Pearce is an English crime writer and author of the DCI Rob Miller, Kenzie Gilmore and Shrap Nelson series. Her books have been shortlisted for the Feathered Quill and the CWA Debut Dagger awards, and The Marlow Murders was voted best crime fiction book in the 2024 Indie Excellence Book Awards. Download a free crime novella at bibapearce.com.
Jay Warton lives and writes on a narrowboat called Daisy moored in Ely. He splits his time between Ely and Cambridge, reading, writing, and drinking in all the best pubs. Always happy to discuss the process of writing, Jay is a founder member of the Cambridge Scribblings writers club.
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Kate
Ellis was born in
Liverpool and she is the author of an acclaimed trilogy set in the aftermath of
WW1 as well as a, recently reissued, spooky detective series featuring DI Joe
Plantagenet. She is, however, best known for her novels that blend mystery with
history and feature archaeology graduate DI Wesley Peterson. Her latest in this
series is Coffin Island. She was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2019.




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