RYE CRIME DAY

Following our very successful 2019 CRYME DAY we hope you will join us for another day of murder and mayhem with four of the UK’s bestselling crime writers: Martin Edwards, Elly Griffiths, Nicola Upson and Andrew Wilson.

10.00 - 10.30 - Welcome & Introduction - Coffee on arrival

10.30 - 11.15 - Andrew Wilson - From Christie to Contemporary Crime

11.30 - 12.15 - Nicola Upson - Character and setting

12.30 - 14.00 - Lunch Break - lunch not provided*

14:00 - 14:45 - Elly Griffiths - becoming Elly Griffiths

15:00 - 15.45 - Martin Edwards - Crafting Crime

16:00 - 16.30 - Panel Discussion, books sales and author signing session

16:30 - Close

Andrew Wilson is the author of four novels featuring Agatha Christie as detective. Now, under the pen name E.V. Adamson, he has written a psychological thriller, Five Strangers. Here, he discusses the challenges of making Christie his central character and why he decided to write a crime novel about the dark side of confessional journalism and the unreliability of memory.

Nicola Upson is the bestselling writer, known for a series of crime novels featuring a fictional version of Josephine Tey as the heroine and detective. The books paint an atmospheric picture of England between the wars and Nicola will talk about some of the settings and people which provide the backdrop to her mysteries, from Alfred Hitchcock and Marlene Dietrich to the infamous Edwardian baby farmers, Sach and Walters. She will also discuss her enduring fascination with Tey, and her latest book, The Dead of Winter, a riff on the Golden Age Christmas detective story.

Elly Griffiths wrote her first novel, The Italian Quarter, in 1998 under her own name, Domenica de Rosa. She became Elly Griffiths with the sensational The Crossing Places over a decade later.

This best-selling author will be talking about her publishing journey, how she turned to crime and how she became Elly Griffiths.

Her wide-ranging bestselling novels have propelled her to the halls of crime fiction superstardom, winning the CWA Dagger in the Library and being shortlisted three times for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Fans have plenty to enjoy with Griffiths’ compelling writing whether you prefer a Dr Ruth Galloway novel, a Stephens and Mephisto novel, or one of her many accomplished standalone novels.

Martin Edwards is an award-winning crime writer whose most recent novel, set in 1930, is Gallows Court. Martin is also a well-known crime fiction critic, and series consultant to the British Library's bestselling Crime Classics. His ground-breaking study of the genre between the wars, ‘The Golden Age of Murder,’ was warmly reviewed around the world, and won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity Awards. His ‘The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books’ has also been nominated for five awards.

*Lunch Break will last 85 minutes - The authors will be lunching in the Mermaid Restaurant. Crime Day Ticket holders are able to use the bar in both the Tudor Room and in the main area of the hotel. They can also book lunch at the Mermaid Restaurant should they wish to do so and it may be possible for them to be seated at a table with one of the authors, but this cannot be guaranteed. Bookings should be made independently by phoning the Mermaid Inn on 01797 223065.

If you wish to order a packed lunch in advance, we suggest you try Rye Deli 01797 22652.

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