Sunday, 18 May 2025
09:30 - 10:20
The panel are Cathy Ace, David Penny,
C.M. Serpell, Dave Sivers,
and the participating Moderator is Zoe Sharp.
Cathy Ace writes the Cait Morgan Mysteries (Eve Myles will star in the forthcoming TV adaptations by Free@LastTV), and the WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries. Her work has won Canada’s Bony Blithe, CrimeFictionLover’s Best Indie, IPPY and IBA Awards, and has been twice shortlisted for the CWC’s Awards. She migrated to Canada from Wales aged forty, is a Past Chair of Crime Writers of Canada, and also belongs to Sisters in Crime and the Crime Writers Association.
David Penny is the author of the Thomas Berrington
Historical Mysteries set in Moorish Spain and the early Tudor period. David’s
work is available in eBook, print and audio, as well as translations into
Spanish and German. He also writes the Izzy Wild contemporary police thrillers,
and the Unit-13 WWII Paranormal Spy Thrillers.
C.M.
Serpell is a farm girl from Devon.
She has spent most of her career working in prisons, with men convicted of a
wide range of offences. Her roles varied, from rehabilitation and substance
misuse, to teaching business start-up and social enterprise. She has now
hung up her keys and works in mental health. When not busy at her laptop, she
enjoys running, and being outdoors - often found on Dartmoor with her cat-sized
dog.
Dave
Sivers grew up in West London and
has been writing all his life. His books include the popular police procedural
series featuring the Aylesbury Vale detectives, DI Lizzie Archer and DS Dan
Baines. His latest novel, Price to Pay is the seventh in the series. His
DI Nathan Quarrel books are set in Hertfordshire. Dave lives in Buckinghamshire
and is co-founder of the annual BeaconLit festival of books and writing.
Zoë Sharp
spent her childhood living aboard a catamaran on the northwest coast of
England. She opted out of mainstream education at twelve, and wrote her first
novel at fifteen. She began writing crime thriller fiction after receiving
death threats in the course of her work as a photojournalist, and has been
nominated for numerous awards. Her latest series has an ex-copper and an ex-con
artist investigating police corruption and a possible miscarriage of justice.
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