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Acclaimed crime novelist Bridget Walsh, author of the Variety Palace Mysteries, joins the Noirwich Crime Writing Podcast at UEA with Henry Sutton and Tom Benn to discuss murder, mystery, and all things genre.
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https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-innocents-bridget-walsh/7392950
Bridget Walsh was born in London to Irish immigrant parents. She studied English literature and was an English teacher for 23 years, before leaving the profession to pursue her writing. Bridget lives in Norwich with her husband, Micky, and her two dogs. The manuscript of Bridget’s debut novel, THE TUMBLING GIRL, written on the MA Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) course at UEA, won the UEA Little, Brown Award for Crime Fiction 2019 and has been shortlisted for the CWA ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2024. She has completed the second title in the Minnie Ward and Albert Easterbrook series, THE INNOCENTS. THE TUMBLING GIRL was published by Gallic Books in May 2023, with THE INNOCENTS following in 2024.
Henry Sutton is Professor of Creative Writing and Crime Fiction at UEA. He is director of Creative Writing MA (Crime Fiction), and the author of 14 novels – GOOD DARK NIGHT (Corsair/Little Brown 2019) under the pseudonym Harry Brett, and THE HOTEL INSPECTOR (Kampa Verlag, 2022) most recently. Other novels include MY CRIMINAL WORLD (Harvill Secker/Vintage, 2013/2014), GET ME OUT OF HERE (Harvill Secker 2010/Vintage 2011). He is the co-author of the top 10 bestseller FIRST FROST (Bantam/Corgi, 2011), under the pseudonym James Henry. His work has been published in many languages.
Tom Benn is an award-winning author, screenwriter and Associate Professor in Crime Writing at UEA. His first novel, THE DOLL PRINCESS (Cape), was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Portico Prize, and longlisted for the CWA’s John Creasey Dagger. His other novels include CHAMBER MUSIC (Cape) and TROUBLE MAN (Cape). He won runner-up prize in the Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, and his essays and fiction have appeared in GRANTA and the PARIS REVIEW. He won the BFI’s iWrite scheme for emerging screenwriters. His first film, REAL GODS REQUIRE BLOOD, premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Short Film at the BFI London Film Festival. His fourth novel, OXBLOOD (Bloomsbury), was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize, the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year, and won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.
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