Winning short story published!

Thrilled that my winning entry for the Margery Allingham/Crime Writers' Association Short Story Prize is now available to read here. Enjoy! 

Crime Writers' Association - Margery Allingham Short Mystery Prize

Couldn't be happier at winning the Margery Allingham Short Mystery Prize for my story Heartbridge Homicides. Click here and here for more details. Here's how the judges described it: "A delightful, beautifully written story set in TV soapland. The breezy narration never falters as the charm of solving a crime creeps over the soap's fan. The judges felt Margery would have loved this story." It will be published on the CWA website later in the year. 

Bridport Prize shortlisting

I first heard about the Bridport Prize when I was about eleven. I remember reading about it on an outing to my local library in Leicester and thinking it would be fun to enter. Thirty plus years later, I still love a library and am delighted that my short story Hitler's Alligator has made it onto the shortlist out of nearly 5,000 entries, putting it in the top 2%.