William Shaw
William Shaw was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, grew up in Nigeria and lived for sixteen years in Hackney. He has been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger, longlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year and nominated for a Barry Award. A regular at festivals, he organises panel talks and CWA events across the country. He is the author of the Breen & Tozer crime series set in sixties London: A Song from Dead Lips, A House of Knives and A Book of Scars; and the standalone The Birdwatcher. Salt Lane and Deadland are spin-offs to The Birdwatcher. For over twenty years he has written on popular culture and sub-culture for various publications including the Observer and the New York Times. He lives in Brighton with his family.
Nina Allan
Nina Allan is a novelist and short story writer. Her previous fiction has won several prizes including the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel, the Novella Award and the Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire for Best Translated Work. She lives and works on Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.
Rebecca Wait
Rebecca Wait grew up in the Oxfordshire countryside and graduated from Oxford University with a first in English, specialising in Old English poetry and early Bible translation. Along-side her writing she teaches in a London secondary school. She has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and written for the New Statesman and Independent on subjects as diverse as suicide, cults and autism and her childhood depression. She has written award-winning short stories. The author of two previous novels, The View on the Way Down and The Followers, she lives with her boyfriend in south London.
