William Sutton is a novelist, musician and Latin teacher.  After learning blues harmonica from his Latin teacher, he ran away to São Paulo to write.

In historical mystery Lawless and the Devil of Euston Square, Sergeant Lawless unearths scandal, sabotage and stink beneath Victorian London’s streets. He’s contributed articles to Historia on:

• Victorian dirty book trade: the British Library’s pornography staff
• Traducing Real Historical Characters: okay or not?
• A Guide to Victorian Sex: Walter’s My Secret Life, the dirtiest book ever

“Extravagant and thoroughly enjoyable,” wrote Allan Massie in The Scotsman.

Lawless and the Flowers of Sin, delving into the dirtier side of London’s underworlds, was one of the Mail on Sunday‘s Books of the Year:
“The wealth of period detail and quirky characterisation suggest this series will be around for a long time. A must for fans of Ripper Street.”

The Morning Star also made it a Book of the Year:
“This is an extraordinary novel, deserving of the widest readership not only for its impressive literary merits but also for the breadth and subtlety of its political, moral and philosophical exploration of the great social evil. Sutton doesn’t tell you what to think about these matters. But he does show you what you ought to be thinking about.”

Lawless and the House of Electricity connects a conspiracy threatening Britain’s security and a farflung stately home with a secret in the East Wing.

“Another winning entry in another extraordinary series, with Sutton delivering a rich stew of satire, social history and adventure.”  Mat Coward, Morning Star

“Lawless returns in a thrillingly complex tour de force, encompassing the breath-taking developments of the Victorian era, driven by a desire for social and political change. …an electrifying romp sure to dazzle fans of historical crime fiction.” Megan Kenny, The Book Bag

William has appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, CrimeFest, Portsmouth BookFest and many more, often wielding a ukulele. He has visited book groups and writers’ groups from High Down Prison to Eton College. His plays have been produced on radio and in London fringe theatres. He has written for The Times and the Fortean Times, tutored the Sugababes, acted in the longest play in the world, and played cricket for Brazil.

He teaches Latin and Greek, writes articles about language, music and futurology, plays accordion with chansonnier Philip Jeays and double bass in Jamie and the Jets:

He has taught Creative Writing at University of Portsmouth. He offers workshops in Creative Writing, Crime Writing, Greeks, Romans, Victorians, Typewriter Tales (story workshop) and Song Writing, through his workshop collective WiP2.

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Anthony Riches began his lifelong interest in war and soldiers when he first heard his father’s stories about World War II.  This led to a degree in Military Studies at Manchester University.  He began writing the story that would become Wounds of Honour after a visit to Housesteads Roman fort in 1996.  He lives in Suffolk with his wife, a big hairy dog and an understandably aggrieved cat.

I used to write books for business, covering everything from the gambling industry to new developments in printing technology. Now I write about love and adventure in the 19th century, which is not nearly as well paid, but much more fun. It also allows me to pretend that travelling in the Far East and South America is research. My main interest is avoiding doing any honest work and this leaves me with time to ski, skate and dance tango.

There are now five books in my series about Napoleonic era spy, James Burke and a sixth is on the way.

The John Williamson Papers is a rather more serious trilogy about the realities of the Empire in the mid-19th century set in Borneo, India and London. The first two, The White Rajah and Cawnpore have just been republished, with Back Home due out this autumn..

 

Sue Reid began scribbling stories when she was a child, but it was only when she had grown up and tried several other careers that she decided to see if she could get published. Her first book, Mill Girl, was published in 2002 by Scholastic and since then she has published several more books for children and young adults. She has always had a passion for history and is at her  happiest when writing about the past.

Essie Fox is the traditionally published, Sunday Times Best-selling author of gothic historical mystery novels. Essie has been shortlisted for the National Book Awards, has featured on Channel 4’s TV Book Club, has been selected for You Magazine’s Book of the Month, and The Times Historical Novel of the Month. She has appeared at various literary events, including panel discussions for the Historical Novel Conferences, and has lectured at the V&A, and the National Gallery in London.

Essie’s novels, in chronological order, are: The Somnambulist. Elijah’s Mermaid. The Goddess and the Thief. The Last Days of Leda Grey. The Fascination.

Dangerous, her sixth novel will be published on April 24th 2025, and is a vampiric murder mystery based on real events surrounding Lord Byron’s tumultuous life in Venice, in 1819.

More information, including contact details, can be found on her author website:

http://www.essiefox.com

Sara Sheridan is mostly an historical novelist, though from time to time she  writes in different genres and media including for children.
She has two series of historical novels –  cosy crime noir set in Brighton in the 1950s – the Mirabelle Bevan Mysteries – and a faction series of stories based on the real-life stories of late Georgian and early Victorian explorers and adventurers ((1820 – 1845).
An occasional journalist and blogger, Sara appears  on BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent and on Women’s Hour as an expert on the history of the lady She blogs for the Guardian, the BBC, the Huffington Post and the London Review of Books. She appears as a cultural and political commentator on both television and radio.

A twitter evangelist and  a self-confessed swot, Sara sat for three years on the Committee of the Society of Authors in Scotland where she lives and four years on the board of the UK-wide writers’ collective ’26’ during which time she took part in the acclaimed 26 Treasures project in 2010 at the V&A, in 2011 at National Museum of Scotland and in 2012 at the Children’s Museum, Bethnal Green. Sara loves events of all stripes from Book Festivals to libraries to the (slightly scary sounding) Literary Death Match.