Crime Writers' Association

He resigned from almost everything.

He thought the Crime Writers Association was becoming a thriller writers club.

The Musicians Union he resigned from.

Composers Guild.

an honorary member.

She allowed in the Crime Writers Association.

Absolutely.

You know, she was at Murder One Festival this weekend, which we were all at and which Sam runs.

I could not find any contact method except email.

By reaching out, I don't know if you are, you know, trying to hide from the limelight, but I had to reach out to, what is it, Crime Writers Association? Yes.

And, like, they forwarded an email to you.

They did? Two different people there forwarded it.

That's funny.

They made it.

Yes, they're good people, the people at the Crime Writers Association.

They will

Well, yeah.

So in my, in my kind of professional, I, I, I've, we do, uh, in my other work, we, we deal with, uh, the, a thing in the UK called the Crime Writers' Association.

Yeah.

And it's like they're just, most of them are just lovely.

I've been going up and down between Manchester and London to visit family.

And, uh, And then I read that the Crime Writers Association debut dagger was coming up where you just have to submit a synopsis and the first few chapters.

So I quickly wrote that.

I had two weeks.

The article notes that while Orient Express or And Then There Were None might be more famous in pop culture, Roger Ackroyd is widely considered her greatest technical achievement.

The British Crime Writers' Association literally voted it the best crime novel of all time in 2013 to celebrate their 60th anniversary.

Christie herself considered it one of her personal favorites.

The initial setup is deceptively cozy.

Now, your book went on to sweep a remarkable list of awards.

It won the IBIA General Fiction Book of the Year, the CWA ILP John Creasley New Blood Dagger, and the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Plus Mystery.

It was also shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Fiction, the Indie Book Awards for Best Debut Fiction, the Matt Rischel Award for New Writer of the Year, and both David Awards.

the adult crime fiction and debut crime book, and was also a finalist for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Novel.

It sold overseas.

You know, it did all these wonderful things.

You know, it won a CWA dagger, which I always tell people is not the Country Women's Association.

It's actually the Crime Writers Association.

stuck.And to pass the time, he decides to investigate the centuries old case of Richard III and the princes in the tower, just using contemporary portraits and secondhand historical research brought to his bed.

And the Crime Writers Association actually voted it the greatest crime novel of all time.

Which tells you a lot about mystery writers' love of a good contrarian argument.

It really does.