Authors & Delegates

2025 PARTICIPATING AUTHORS:

ALL DELEGATES:

A.A. Abbott
Cathy Ace
Geoffrey Ace
Nick Adams
Clare Adamson
Sufiya Ahmed
Chazda Albright
Lucie Allen
Myles Allfrey
Heidi Amsinck
Sarah Andersen
Lucy Anderson
Lucy Andrew
Andrew Argyle
Dianne Ashcroft
Mark Bailey
Alison Baker
Quentin Bates
Sara Bayat
Megan Beidl
Abiola Bello
Kathryn Benwell
Katherine Black
Emma Blagg
Jill Bowman
Lucienne Boyce
Charlotte Bratt
David Brawn
Simon Brett
Amanda Brown
Lyn Brown
Alison Bruce
Nicola Bryant
Shannon Bulmer
Claudia Bullmore
Jane Burfield
Bonnie Burke-Patel
Peter Bush
Jared Cade
Elizabeth Chakrabarty
Clair Challenor-Chadwick
C.V. Chauhan
Lynda Checkley
Jiayue Chen
Fliss Chester
Chris Chibnall
Sue Chick
Andrew Child
Lee Child
Ajay Chowdhury
Sherryl Clark
Finn Clarke
Mary Andrea Clarke
Janette Clucas
Stephen Collier
Tana Collins
Gen Cook
Sharon Cook
Matt Coot
Roger Corke
Erastus Corning
Clare Cornwell
Simon Cornwell
Jane Corry
Sandra Cosfeld
DG Coutinho
Vix Cox
Heather Critchlow
Julie Crowley
Douglas Cruzan
Chris Curran
Jonathan Dancer
Denise Danks
Tracy Darnton
Lindsey Davis
Mike Dawes
Deb Day
Judi Daykin
Chris Deacon-Jones
Pat Deacon-Jones
Jenny Debley
James Delargy
Jean Denham
Conor Dempsey
Michele DeSoer
Simon Dinsdale
Helena Dixon
Martina Dobrowsky
Victoria Dowd
Elizabeth Ducie
Guy Ducker
Stephen Duffy
Susan Duffy
Jenny Dunbar
Antony Dunford
Sarah Dunnakey
Paul Durston
Kirsty Eastham
Clive Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
Martin Edwards
Ruth Dudley Edwards
Kate Ellis
Mark Ellis
C.M. Ewan
Gianna Faccenda
Jayne Farnworth
Stuart Field
Liz Fielding
Paul Finch
Patricia Finney
Dianne Fishman
Ian Fishman
Ruth Flynn
Nev Fountain
Felix Francis
Alex Franklyn
Tim Franks
Cheryl Frizzell
Sara Fulbrook
Jo Furniss
Mark Gatiss
David Gatward
Carl Gayle
Susan Gee
Jon Gifford
Paul Gitsham
Emily Glass

Kate Gleeson
Victoria Goodbody
Dolores Gordon-Smith
Felicity Gorham
Sarah Govett
Kady Graham
Mary Grand
Andrew Grant
Jessica Grant
Katharina Grant
Beth Green
Susan Gregory
Peter Guttridge
J.M. Hall
Emma Hamilton
Nick Harkaway
Tom Harper
Charles Harris
Jon Harris
Amy Harrison
Liz Hatherell
Tim Hayes-Hudson
Richard Heffer
Alan Hein
Laurel Hendrickson
Jo Hesslewood
David Hicks
A.J. Hill
Elizabeth Hill
Jamie Hodder-Williams
Fiona Holbrook
Jessica Holmes
Kate Hordern
Ann Horne
David J. Howe
Rupert Howe
Samantha Lee Howe
Christopher Huang
Angela Hughes
Nic Humphries
M.A. Hunter (aka Stephen Edger)
Carey Huscroft
Gerralyn Ingram/Waring
Jane Jackson
Claire Jaggard
Maxim Jakubowski
Jen James
David Jamieson
Barbara Johnson
Oliver Johnson
Antony Johnston
Ragnar Jónasson
Lizzie Jones
Alison Joseph
Ali Karim
David Kay
Valerie Keogh
Vaseem Khan
Michelle Kidd
Hannah King
Pam King
T.E. Kinsey
Wendy Kirk
Jenny Knight
Christina Koning
Kim Krabill
Shirley Larkin
Christine Laurenson
Jan Law
Pam Lecky
M.J. Lee
Stevie Lee
Helen Lewis
Martyn Lewis
Sara Lodge
Kirstie Long
Sue Lord
Michelle Lowe
Xiaohan Luo
Jake Lynch
Penelope Lynch
Pippa Macallister
Helen MacDonald
Ann Mackinolty
Calum Macleod
Dave Magayna
Trevor Magee
Louise Mangos
Jill Martin
Bryan J. Mason
Ian Mason
Trudy Mason
Linda Mather
Luke McCallin
Simon McCleave
Stephen McDadd
Ewan McGhee
Christy McKellen
Margaret McMahon
Tom Mead
Tom Meadley
Anneli Meeder
Karen Meek
Lindsey Mellon
Margaret Menzies
Nicola Millard
Karen Millie-James
Bex Mills
Amanda Milner
Dan Milner
Lou Minns
Karen Minto
Thomas Mitchell
Jason Monaghan
Patrick Montes
Donna Moore
Jane Moore
Donna Morfett
Guy Morpuss
Sarah Morris
Tony Morris
James D Mortain
Paul Morton
Steve Mosby
Lisa Moyle
Adrian Muller
Eleanor Muller
Gabriel Muller

Jennifer Muller
Tony Mulliken
Wendy Murphy
Orlando Murrin
Barbara Nadel
Amarjit Nar
Amy Newport
Christie J. Newport
Alistair Noble
Alex North
Rachel North
Alison O’Leary
Ayo Onatade
Sherryl O’Neill
Katherine Hall Page
Solveig Pálsdóttir
Dea Parkin
Fiona Pascoe
Darren Paterson
Nick Pavone
Biba Pearce
Teresa Pearce
Kingsley Pearson
David Penny
Joanna Penny
Mary Perkins
Debi Phillips 
Mar Plowman
Kathryn Pokalo
Christine Poulson
Brian Price
Tom Price
Caroline Raeburn
Craig Raeburn
Caro Ramsay
H.J. Reed
Sarah Reed
Reaghan Reilly
Martin Renton
Jim Reynolds
Richard Reynolds
Ian Richardson
Michael Ridpath
Mike Ripley
Azeta Roberts
Hilary Robinson
Mark Robinson
Clare Rodliffe
Nicola Rossi
Lynn Rostron
Peter Rozovsky
Mena Ruparel
Barry Ryan
Mary Sargeant
Liam Saville
Greta Scacchi
Leslie Scase
C.M. Serpell
Sylvie Serpell
Chris Seymour
Louise Sharland
Zoë Sharp
Alex Shaw
Rik Shepherd
Trish Sierowslawski
Jeffrey Siger
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir
Shawn Reilly Simmons
Lesley Simpson
John Sirett
Lizzie Sirett
Dave Sivers
Fiona Veitch Smith
Lizzie Snelling
Marina Sofia
Teresa Solana
Kieron Spackman
Michael Stanley (Michael Sears)
Michael Stanley (Stanley Trollip)
Birgir Steingrimsson
Rebecca Stevens
Richard Stokes
Mike Stotter
Gary Stratmann
Linda Stratmann
Emma Styles
Sophie Swainger
Matthew Sweet
Audry Taylor
Lynne Marie Taylor
Teri Terry
SM Thomas
Óli Thorhallsson
Euan Thorneycroft
Nicki Thornton
Louise Torm
Rosina Trotman
Rachel Tucker
Wendy Turbin
Corinne Turner
Joanne Turner
L.C. Tyler
Kristian Ujejski
Paul Voyce
Asim Waheed
Sarah Walker
Dianne Walls
Bridget Walsh
Sarah Ward
Jay Warton
Andy Watson
Margot Weale
Sue Werber
David Whittle
Jason Whittle
Kevin Wignall
David Williams
G.J. Williams
Melissa Williams-Pope
Nicola Williams
S.W. Williams
Claire Wilson
Linda Wilson
Olga Wojtas
Catherine Yaffe
DeAnn Young
Ovidia Yu
Barbara Zilly-Siger

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS:

Authors must be registered for a full CrimeFest pass to qualify for a panel slot and must be published in print in the English language by a UK based commercial publisher.

Authors attending CrimeFest from abroad will be offered two panels. The organisers aim—but cannot guarantee—to offer debut authors two panels.

Translated authors commercially published in print in the UK and in the English language are welcome and are eligible for panels. (Please contact the CrimeFest organisers first if a translator might be required.)

Authors will be offered a place on one or more panels anytime between Thursday and Sunday afternoon (15-18 May, 2025).

Authors with recent publications (June 2024/July 2025) receive priority, but the aim is to give everyone at least one panel. Where possible, authors with two panels will be scheduled on consecutive days.

Panel suggestions are welcome but cannot be guaranteed to be used in the programme.

For more information on moderating, visit the Moderator’s Manifesto.

CRIMEFEST BOOKSELLER
CrimeFest is pleased to announce that Waterstones returns as the 2025 onsite convention bookseller.

Contact: Edouard Gallais.
Telephone: 0117 – 9252274
Email: manager.bristolgalleries@waterstones.com