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Lizzy Barber
Lizzy Barber's first novel My Name is Anna was a Daily Mail First novel winner, whilst her follow up Out of her Depth was a Richard & Judy pick and has been optioned by Eleventh Hour Films. She read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. She has worked in acting and film development, and has spent the last thirteen years working in the restaurant business with her brother Jamie, heading up their brand and marketing department. They have a small group of restaurants in London: Haché, Hush and Cabana.
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J.D. Pennington
J. D. Pennington is an award-winning creative director and copywriter with over 20 years’ experience in film and television advertising and marketing, creating posters, campaigns, and title sequences for major studios and leading independents. Through his cinematic eye for image and story, he has developed his passion for writing, including The Last Night Stand, a short film for NBCUniversal. A native of Merseyside, he lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and two children.
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Jake Arnott
Jake Arnott is an award-winning novelist whose bestselling debut The Long Firm was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was adapted as a BAFTA award-winning BBC TV drama series starring Mark Strong and Sir Derek Jacobi. His second novel, He Kills Coppers was made into a critically acclaimed ITV1 series, starring Rafe Spall and Kelly Reilly. Along with his third book, truecrime, this trilogy was awarded the Crime Writers Association Dagger in the Library. His subsequent novels include Johnny Come Home, The Devil’s Paintbrush, The House of Rumour and The Fatal Tree.
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Victoria Dowd
Victoria Dowd is the award-winning author of the bestselling Smart Woman’s Mystery series. In 2021, her debut novel in the series, THE SMART WOMAN’S GUIDE TO MURDER, won The People’s Book Prize and was In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel’s book of the year. Since then, Victoria has gone from strength to strength; in 2023 she was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger. She has spoken at many literary festivals, including The International Agatha Christie Festival, Harrogate, Crimefest, the Malice Domestic (the Agathas) in Washington DC and the Jaipur Literary Festival with Vaseem Khan. Originally from Yorkshire, she was a criminal defence barrister for many years and is now a board member of the Crime Writers’ Association and head of the London Chapter.
