M.J. Arlidge
M.J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last twenty years, specialising in high-end drama production, including prime-time crime serials Silent Witness, Torn, The Little House and, most recently, the hit ITV show Innocent. In 2015 his audiobook exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a number-one bestseller. His debut thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK’s bestselling crime debut of 2014 and has been followed by 14 more DI Helen Grace thrillers – all Sunday Times bestsellers.
JD Brinkworth
JD Brinkworth is the pen name of married author duo Catherine Brinkworth and Jo Dinkin who have worked on various BBC shows including Have I Got News For You, Doctor Who: Redacted and Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club.
Their background in comedy and screenplay writing has earned them various awards and widespread recognition. They bring a new, comedic voice to the cosy crime scene with early readers praising their wit and energetic style, so much so the book has been dubbed The Thursday Murder Club for millennials
Perfectly balancing mystery and sharp humour, there is a new delight on every page that readers will savour long after they’ve finished reading.
Jessica Bull
Jessica Bull began her career as a librarian (under the false impression she could sit and read all day), before becoming a communications consultant.
Her debut novel, MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES, sold to Penguin Michael Joseph at auction for six figures, is published in 18 territories worldwide and was shortlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger.
Lucy Clarke
Sunday Times bestseller, Lucy Clarke, is the author of eight destination thrillers, which include Waterstones Thriller of the Month, The Castaways, and Richard and Judy Book Club pick, One of the Girls. Lucy’s novels have sold over a million copies in the UK alone and are published in over twenty territories worldwide.
No Escape has been filmed as a major international TV series for Paramount+ due for release in 2023, and three further novels are currently in development for screen.
When Lucy isn’t away on research trips (her favourite part of the job!), she can be found writing from a beach hut on the south coast of England. She lives with her husband and their two children.
Yolanda Copes-Stepney
Stu Cummins
Stu is a lifelong reader, but discovered book reviewing/blogging in 2020, during a period of shared parental leave. Then when the pandemic hit, like many others, he immersed himself in fictional worlds to escape the horrors of reality. During this time he got chatting to lots of authors and other bloggers via social media, who all welcomed him into this wonderful community. Since then he’s spent as much of his spare time reading, reviewing, attending bookish events and generally shouting about books he loves! He mainly reads crime/thrillers and is obsessed with psychological suspense, but challenges himself to try and read outside of the genre occasionally. He lives on the South Coast with his wife, two daughters and a TBR pile that’s taller than them all put together…
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Heather J Fitt
Heather was born in Scotland and after moving around Europe with her parents and sister, settled in Hampshire where she met her husband, Stuart.
After leaving the rat-race in 2018, Heather re-trained as an editor and proof-reader and entered the world of publishing. These days she works as a part-time freelancer and a part-time Commissioning Advisor for Bloodhound.
Heather was inspired to start writing her novel by the authors who have become her closest friends. Now the ideas are flowing she has plans to write several more over the coming years.
Araminta Hall
Araminta Hall is the critically-acclaimed author of seven novels. Both
Everything & Nothing and One of the Good Guys were Richard and Judy
picks. Four of her novels are under option and Imperfect Women is due to
become a major series for Apple TV, starring Elisabeth Moss and Kerry
Washington
Emylia Hall
Emylia Hall lives in Bristol with her husband and son, where she writes from a hut in the garden and dreams of the sea. She is the author of the Shell House Detective Mysteries, a series inspired by her love of Cornwall’s wild landscape. The first, The Shell House Detectives, was a Kindle Top 10 Bestseller, with the rights being optioned for TV. The Death at the Vineyard is her fourth crime novel. Emylia has published four previous novels, including Richard and Judy Book Club pick The Book of Summers and The Thousand Lights Hotel. Her work has been translated into ten languages, and broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music. She is the founder of Mothership Writers and is a writing coach at The Novelry.
M.A. Hunter
M.A. Hunter is the bestselling author of British psychological thrillers including The Teacher’s Pet and The Woman on Platform 8, and also writes as Stephen Edger, author of Snatched and Little Girl Gone. His complex, twist-driven narratives have captivated readers since 2010, culminating in his milestone 30th novel, The New Mother (published by Boldwood Books). Diagnosed as Autistic with combined ADHD later in life, he openly discusses how his neurodivergent pattern recognition and hyperfocus serve as the ultimate storytelling engines for high-stakes suspense.
Ruth Irons
Ruth Irons grew up in South Wales before studying music at Exeter University, then musical theatre at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She spent years performing in shows, musical directing, and teaching musical instruments and singing, before turning to writing as a creative outlet, and taking courses with Curtis Brown Creative, and the Writers Bureau. She is the author of psychological thrillers, and her novels feature complex characters who get themselves into difficult (and sometimes fatal) situations. Expect moral dilemma, toxic relationships, and killer twists.
Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings is the author of the KILLING EVE novels, the basis for the world-wide hit TV series. The novels follow the thrilling, obsessive duel between Villanelle, an elite assassin, and Eve Polastri, the MI6 agent tasked with hunting her down. Luke’s much-anticipated new title KILLING EVE: LONG SHOT (the fifth title in the series) is out now, and KILLING EVE: MEDUSA follows this spring. Further novels tracking Villanelle and Eve’s lethal adventures and volatile relationship will follow.
Antony Johnston
Antony Johnston is one of the most versatile writers of the modern era, with a body of work spanning books, film, graphic novels, videogames, and non-fiction. An award-winning author and New York Times bestseller, his creations include Atomic Blonde, The Dog Sitter Detective, Can You Solve the Murder?, the Brigitte Sharp thrillers, and many more.
Jackie Kabler
Jackie Kabler is an award-winning, Amazon number one and USA Today bestselling author of psychological thrillers. Her novels, published in eleven languages, have sold over a million copies in English alone. A former news reporter turned QVC presenter, Jackie now divides her time between her writing and working in TV. She is also an ultramarathon runner and keen gardener. Jackie lives in Gloucestershire.
Lesley Kara
Lesley Kara is a Sunday Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers. Her debut, The Rumour, was the highest-selling print crime fiction debut of 2019. It has sold in over 18 countries and is now a major TV series on Channel 5. Her subsequent novels include Who Did You Tell?, The Dare, The Apartment Upstairs, The Other Tenant and Troublemaker. Lesley is also the co-host of the popular podcast In Suspense. A Faber Academy graduate, she lives in Kent and writes full-time.
Vaseem Khan
Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India, and Quantum of Menace, the first in a series featuring Q from the James Bond franchise. His debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020. In 2021, Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House novels set in 1950s Bombay, won the CWA Historical Dagger. Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India. From 2023-25, he served as the Chair of the UK Crime Writers’ Association. In May 2025, Vaseem’s The Girl in Cell A was published, a psychological thriller set in small town America.
TM Logan
TM Logan’s thrillers have sold more than three million copies in the UK and are translated into 22 other languages. Six of his novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers and two of them – THE HOLIDAY and THE CATCH – have been adapted for television. A former national newspaper journalist, Tim now writes novels full-time, and lives in Nottinghamshire with his family. His tenth book, THE WEEKEND, will be published in the UK in February 2026.
Alice G. May
Alice G. May writes historical thrillers and saga fiction for Boldwood Books.
Her new World War Two series, The Resistance Girls, is inspired by the true story of a highly trained secret army of women working undercover to protect British coastal communities. Set in Dorset and Hampshire, these books follow the lives of ordinary women thrown into extraordinary circumstances, and are packed with action, adventure, loyalty and love. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Mandy Robotham and Suzanne Kelman.
Alison May
Alison May is a novelist and short story writer, based in Worcester, where she lives with her husband. No kids. No pets. There were goldfish once. That ended badly. She is best known for writing romantic comedies under her own name, and as Ally Sinclair and Amelia Berry. 2026 sees the release of her first crime novel – a classic whodunnit with a paranormal twist.
In her non-writing time Alison mentors developing authors and volunteers as a tour guide for the National Trust . You can find out more about her at http://www.alison-may.co.uk, on Instagram @MsAlisonMay or on youtube – http://www.youtube.com/@alallyalison
Anna Mazzola
Anna is the award-winning author of historical, crime and Gothic novels. Her latest historical novel, The Book of Secrets, won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year 2025; her third, The Clockwork Girl, was a Times bestseller; her fourth The House of Whispers, won a Fingerprint Award for best historical crime, and her debut, The Unseeing, won an Edgar Allan Poe award.
Anna also writes legal thrillers under the name Anna Sharpe, the first of which, Notes on a Drowning, was a Times thriller of the month. The second, Lie for Your Life, will be out in January 2027.
Fiona McNee
Fiona McNee is in the business of quality conversations, inspiring interviews. engaging broadcasts and delightful dialogues.
A life long curiosity about human beings, what brings us joy, challenges us or inspires our work, art and choices.
A frequent interviewer at literary festivals, events, libraries, schools, and organisations. Fiona has led creative writing workshops for in organisations, schools, libraries and at literary festivals.
Highly skilled coach, facilitator, and broadcaster. Sought after for in depth interviews, audience engagement and bespoke conversations.
Broadcaster, producer and creator of Words To Inspire – the weekly Poetry Show on Purbeck Sounds.
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Tom Mead
Tom Mead is a UK crime fiction author specialising in locked-room mysteries. He is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association and the International Thriller Writers’ Organization. His debut novel is DEATH AND THE CONJUROR, featuring magician-detective Joseph Spector.
Alex Pavesi
Alex Pavesi lives in Surrey, where he writes full time. He previously worked as a software engineer and before that obtained a PhD in Mathematics. He enjoys puzzles, long walks and recreational lock picking. His debut novel Eight Detectives has been published in more than twenty languages, and was picked by the Sunday Times and the New York Times as one of their books of the year.
Francesca Pavis
I’m Francesca, better known as @pavisfrancesca or your go-to thriller girly! I create bookish content across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, where I’ve built a community of over 400,000+ thriller-loving readers who come to me for the best book recommendations and honest reviews.
@pavisfrancesca
Sarah Pearse
Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters. After moving to Switzerland in her twenties, she spent every spare moment exploring the mountains in the Swiss Alpine town of Crans Montana, the dramatic setting that inspired her debut novel, THE SANATORIUM, which was a REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK, became an instant NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller, a No.1 SUNDAY TIMES Bestseller, won CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2022 FINGERPRINT AWARDS & was the COLD AS ICE AWARD WINNER AT 2022 DEAD GOOD READERS AWARDS.
The Retreat was her second novel and was also a New York Times Bestseller and a Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller, followed by The Wilds. Over 1.5 MILLION copies of her books have been sold in over 30 countries. She is now working on her fourth book, which will be out in 2027. You can find Sarah on Twitter @SarahVPearse and Instagram / TikTok @sarahpearseauthor
Heidi Perks
Heidi’s first book published with Century, NOW YOU SEE HER, came out in July 2018. It became a Sunday Times Bestseller and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and in 2021 she received a silver Nielsen bestseller award for selling over 250,000 copies.
Sarah Pinborough
Sarah Pinborough is an award-winning and New York Times, Sunday Times andinternationally bestselling author and screenwriter who is published in over 30 territoriesworldwide. Having published more than 25 novels across various genres, her recent booksinclude Behind Her Eyes, now a smash-hit Netflix limited series; Dead to Her, in development
with Topic Studios; The Death House, which she’s adapting herself for Compelling Pictures; and Insomnia,which she adapted for Left Bank Pictures and was a Paramount+ series starring Vicky McClure.
Alex Stone
Alex Stone is a psychological thriller author based in Dorset, where the beautiful yet dramatic coastline provides the inspiration and setting for her gripping, character-driven novels.
With a deep interest in psychology, Alex explores how past trauma, hidden truths, and complex relationships shape people — for better or worse. Her thrillers are packed with emotional depth, compelling twists, and characters who stay with you long after the final page.
C. L. Taylor
C. L. Taylor is the author of eleven adult thrillers and has had nine
Sunday Times bestsellers during her stellar career. She is the recipient
of four Nielsen Silver Bestseller Awards, and her books have been
translated into 30 languages.
Fascinated by human behaviour, C. L. Taylor studied a BSc Psychology
at Northumbria University. After she graduated she sat at an electric
typewriter and tried – and failed – to write a novel about loneliness,
inspired by what she’d learned. Thirty years – and many books – later,
she was awarded an honorary doctorate from her alma mater in
recognition of her literary career. But the themes of that abandoned
first novel had never left her. She sat down at a laptop and told the
story she’d always wanted to write
GD Wright
Gary Wright joined Kent Police at the age of 18 and worked in a variety of uniformed roles. At the age of 29, and completely out of the blue, he suffered two cardiac arrests that led to the diagnosis of a life limiting and incurable disease of the heart. Following the implantation of an internal defibrillator into his heart, he was unable to continue policing and retired at the age of 30. He bought a coffee shop in Ramsgate Harbour, and spent years looking out over the sea and dreaming up stories. He now writes full time, committing those very stories to paper.
Catherine Yaffe
Catherine is an Amazon bestselling British crime author whose gripping thrillers have topped the Amazon charts multiple times. Her work is known for its psychological depth, twisty plots, and unforgettable characters.
Her stories often draw on her own experiences of growing up in a gritty Northern town, bringing authenticity and emotional Yorkshire grit to her work. When she’s not writing or speaking, she can usually be found with a strong cup of tea, plotting her next murder.
Graham Bartlett
After thirty years of policing, whereby Graham Bartlett became Brighton and Hove police’s chief superintendent, a senior homicide detective and a public order and firearms commander, he is now a best-selling crime fiction and non-fiction author, and police and crime advisor.
His debut non-fiction, Death Comes Knocking, written with Peter James, was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, and Peter and Graham followed this up with the critically acclaimed Babes in the Wood.
As a police procedure and crime advisor, Graham works with over 200 authors and TV writers (including Peter James, Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, Ruth Ware, Mark Billingham and the BBC), helping them inject authenticity into their work.
Elle Blair
Elle Blair taught English for over two decades before her debut novel, In Deep Water, was published by HQ HarperCollins in 2026. This is the first in her DI Rachel Harlow series, with book 2, In Cold Blood, publishing in March 2027. She is a crime fiction obsessive and spent two years immersing herself in the genre on the UEA Crime Fiction MA course, graduating in 2025 with Distinction. Elle lives with her family by the sea in Whitley Bay. She also writes middle-grade fiction, with her debut crime caper, Robyn Hoodie, published by Andersen Press in February. She is delighted to be joining Coastal Crime with such an exciting and diverse range of writers and can’t wait to talk to readers about all things crime fiction.
Faye Brann
A writer and performer based in southwest London, Faye is a hybrid author publishing traditionally and independently in response to the changing world of publishing. In 2020, Faye won the Comedy women in Print Prize and her debut novel Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy was published by HarperCollins in 2021. Faye self-published Kiss, Marry, Murder (2025) and Little Grey Cells (2026). Faye is passionate about writing stories featuring strong, feisty and fun women, in particular women aged 40+ who are underrepresented in commercial fiction.
Website: www.fayebrann.com
Insta: @writerfaye
Facebook: @Fayebrannwriter
Curtis Brown Creative
Curtis Brown Creative (CBC) is one of the UK’s most successful writing academies, running courses online and in London. Since CBC was founded in 2011 by Anna Davis (still its Managing Director), over 300 students have become commercially published authors, including Jessica Bull (Miss Austen Investigates), Bonnie Garmus (Lessons in Chemistry), Emilia Hart (Weyward), Alex Hay (The Housekeepers), Jennie Godfrey (The List of Suspicious Things), Lucy Rose (The Lamb) and Nussaibah Younis (Fundamentally). Its Breakthrough Writers’ Programme is a major initiative offering free mentoring, courses and scholarships to under-represented writers. Learn more: https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
Charlotte Dolman
Charlotte Dolman is an author, screenwriter and actor. Her debut novel, It Didn’t End There—a darkly funny psychological thriller—was published in 2026, and she has since adapted it for the screen.
After studying acting and creative writing at university, Charlotte put her ambitions on hold before deciding, in her forties, to pursue them. She began writing and performing her own work at venues across Yorkshire and became a regular contributor to BBC Radio York. She has appeared in theatre, film and radio, including Sophie Hannah’s film The Mystery of Mr E.
Charlotte has spoken at literary festivals about her writing journey, self-publishing and adapting novels for the screen. She is currently writing her second psychological thriller, which is planned for publication later in 2027.
Stuart Evers
Stuart Evers is UK Director of NetGalley, the industry-standard digital galley and marketing platform. A former bookseller and editor, he is also the award-winning author of four books, including the critically acclaimed The Blind Light.
Paula Harmon
Paula Harmon has written several books, chiefly historical mysteries. She was born in North London to parents of English, Scottish and Irish descent, who relocated to South Wales via several English country towns when Paula was eight. She graduated from Chichester University before making her home in Gloucestershire, and then Dorset where she has lived since 2005. Paula is a married with two adult children, and generally has several writing projects underway.
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Ajay Jassal
Ajay Jassal, Senior Manager Tax, HW Fisher
As a senior manager in the firm’s authors and journalists group, Ajay provides a range of accounts and taxation
services, from compliance to planning. He works with a diverse range of creative professionals, including authors,
journalists, and musicians, helping them grow their businesses and careers.
Oliver Johnson
OLIVER JOHNSON is a publisher of commercial fiction and non-fiction and has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry including John Grisham, Iain Banks and Michael Crichton. He is the author of several fantasy novels and children’s books and spends his time between London and a writing bolthole in East Sussex. Caller
Unknown is his first thriller.
Jade Kavanagh
Her first client’s debut novel, The Shallows by Holly Craig, was published in September 2023 and became an instant Kindle bestseller across the US, UK and Australia. Since then, Jade has continued to build a dynamic list of successful and emerging writers, working primarily within the thriller, horror and book club space, and selectively in non-fiction.
As Head of Books, Jade works closely with the Managing Director in shaping and supporting the agency’s books list. Alongside her own client work, she plays an active role in the day-to-day running of the books side of the agency, supporting submissions, talent development and longer-term planning across the list. She collaborates with the team on submissions and strategy, and monitors industry trends, contract standards and market developments to ensure the team remains informed and well positioned. In partnership with the MD and colleagues, she contributes to the development of agency policy and working practices as the market evolves, helping to strengthen and future-proof the books list
Andy Levett
Ajay Jassal, Senior Manager Tax, HW Fisher
As a senior manager in the firm’s authors and journalists group, Ajay provides a range of accounts and taxation
services, from compliance to planning. He works with a diverse range of creative professionals, including authors,
journalists, and musicians, helping them grow their businesses and careers.
Tory Lyne-Pirkis
Tory Lyne-Pirkis is an experienced books and publishing PR with over 15 years in the industry and since 2023 has worked freelance as a London based PR consultant. Tory currently works on book PR campaigns for publishers including Audible, Penguin, Macmillan, Thames & Hudson, Atlantic, Swift Books and Moonflower.
Tory’s crime and thriller experience includes working with the Queen of Spy fiction Ava Glass, BAFTA nominated writer James Alistair Henry whose debut Pagans was a Waterstones Book of the Month, Jack Jewers, Greg Mosse, Ellery Lloyd, Helen Fields, Beth Lewis, Giles Kristian and many more. Outside of crime fiction, Tory has experience promoting books across fiction and non-fiction, celebrity, lifestyle and cookery books. Recent PR campaigns have seen Tory working with authors including Tim Peake, Victoria Pendleton, The Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amber Guinness, Liz Pichon, M.G. Leonard, Allie Esiri, Dallas Campbell and Nii Ayikwei Parkes.
Laura Marshall
Laura Marshall is the Sunday Times top ten and Kindle No. 1 bestselling author of six psychological thrillers. Her books FRIEND REQUEST, THREE LITTLE LIES, THE ANNIVERSARY, MY HUSBAND’S KILLER, A GOOD PLACE TO HIDE A BODY and KISS MARRY KILL have sold over half a million copies in the UK, been translated into twenty-five languages and optioned for film and TV. Laura is an editor and mentor for several of London’s major creative writing schools, including Curtis Brown Creative, Faber Academy and Cornerstones Literary Consultancy and also offers personal manuscript editing services to emerging writers – see http://www.lauramarshall.co.uk for details.
She grew up in Wiltshire, studied English at the University of Sussex and now lives with her
family in Kent.
Alison May
Alison May is a novelist and short story writer, based in Worcester, where she lives with her husband. No kids. No pets. There were goldfish once. That ended badly. She is best known for writing romantic comedies under her own name, and as Ally Sinclair and Amelia Berry. 2026 sees the release of her first crime novel – a classic whodunnit with a paranormal twist.
In her non-writing time Alison mentors developing authors and volunteers as a tour guide for the National Trust . You can find out more about her at http://www.alison-may.co.uk, on Instagram @MsAlisonMay or on youtube – http://www.youtube.com/@alallyalison
Jo Millington
Professor (Hon) Jo Millington BSc (Hons) MSc PGCert MCSFS MIABPA
Jo has been a forensic scientist for about 30 years. Starting out with Lothian & Borders Police (Scotland) she then moved to the homicide division of the UK Forensic Science Service in London and later into private practice. 8 years ago she set up her own company Millington
Hingley Ltd (www.millingtonhingley.co.uk) where she works with a small team of independent forensic consultants who are instructed by various agencies representing the prosecution and defence.
Insta: @jomillington_v1, @spatter_ed
Linked in: Jo Millington https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-millington-17319a35/
Phoebe Morgan
Phoebe Morgan is the Executive Publisher for Fiction at Simon & Schuster UK. She publishes a range of bestselling authors and is also a writer herself, with five novels published by HarperCollins. She runs a Substack called The Honest Editor, aimed at demystifying the publishing process. She has previously been shortlisted for Editor of the Year at the British Book Awards.
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Francesca Pavis
I’m Francesca, better known as @pavisfrancesca or your go-to thriller girly! I create bookish content across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, where I’ve built a community of over 400,000+ thriller-loving readers who come to me for the best book recommendations and honest reviews.
@pavisfrancesca
Brian Price
Brian Price is the author of the DC Mel Cotton detective thrillers, published by Hobeck Books. The sixth in the series, Fatal Shot, was published in November and a seventh is due this autumn. He also wrote A Pocketful of Poisons, a collection of short stories featuring toxic substances. A chemist and biologist by training, he regularly advises other writers on the scientific aspects of their work, including poisons, knockouts, weapons, body disposal and DNA. He is the author of Crime writing: How to write the science, which covers these topics and more.
Joe Sedgwick
Joe Sedgwick has supported writers professionally for over ten years. He began work at The Literary Consultancy as a paid intern in 2015 and now works running their editorial service division as Head of Writing Services. He has a Publishing MA from Kingston University, and has been on the Board of Trustees at Spread the Word. He began work as a Literary Agent at Seventh Agency in 2024 and is actively looking for non-fiction and literary fiction from global voices and writers who are under-represented in the UK publishing industry. He has chaired literary panels or spoken at the Southbank Centre, Manchester Met University, New Writing North, New Writing South and the Asian Writer Festival, amongst others.
D.E.White
D.E. White writes commercial crime fiction for various publishers, including Boldwood Books, HQ Digital (HarperCollins), Joffe Books, and Storm. She loves to read (and write), suspense-driven, action-packed twisty crime thrillers, and lives on the south coast UK with her family.
Her next book is The Girl on Floor 29, (her 26th book, published on June 26th, 2026!), is about a group of guests locked in an elevator at a luxury London hotel, and the young lift engineer who must save them, despite being blackmailed herself (Boldwood Books).
Nat Wood Fox
A writer of comedy, Nat has written and developed a number of comedy scripts, sketches, and radio plays, some of which have been aired on BBC radio.
She has also had work performed at The Reflex Theatre, Living Record Festival, and Dorchester’s The Scripts The Thing.
Nat has a You Tube Comedy Creatives channel, interviewing comedians, comedy writers and artists, and her work with the Blandford Literary Festival, saw her interviewing the likes of Kate Adie, Martin Brown, and Tim Bentnick, among others.
Through the British Comedy Guide she’s worked with comedy writer Dave Cohen, on his book Funny Up Your Fiction, and completed two short films, The Madness of Monotony, and Late Bloomers, the latter obtaining a Best Screen Play award.
Having joined up with Nelson Nutmeg Pictures, she has worked on two of their projects. A Merry Royal Christmas, broadcast on Channel 5, and HeadCase, developed and starring Kimberley Nixon.
Why is Nat at the Crime Festival? Because she also has a darker side! A dark comedy crime caper, and a short film noir assassination script, both in the wings, waiting to be produced!
