If you like gritty, Scottish crime writing, you will love meeting the authors Caro Ramsay and Alex Gray who will be interviewed by Edi Stark.
Join us at The George Hotel, Edinburgh at 12 noon for a sparkling wine reception, followed by two-course lunch with coffee at 12.30pm.
For further information contact Cecillia on ccoopper@action.org.uk or 01236 782820
Caro Ramsay
Caro Ramsey has just delivered book four to Penguin ‘The Blood of Crows’. Currently she has several projects on the go; working on book 5, writing for the musical Jack the Ripper and on a play called ‘The Swinging Chicken’ for Radio 4.
Praise for Caro Ramsay
‘Many shivers in store for readers, followed by a shattering climax’ - The Times
‘Ramsay handles her characters with aplomb, the dialogue crackles and the search for the killer has surprising twists and turns’ - Observer
Alex Gray
Before taking up writing full time, Alex Gray was a folk singer, a visiting officer for the Department of Social Security and an English teacher. She has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers' Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing. Her fourth novel, ‘The Riverman’ was the subject of a choral symphony by composer, Ken Walton.
Praise for Alex Gray
‘Brings Glasgow to life in the same way Ian Rankin evokes Edinburgh’ - Daily Mail
'Supremely confident ... The prose is direct and evocative and the plot is jam-packed with the kind of classic ingredients - clues, suspects, red herrings - that will have readers racing urgently towards the denouement until, red-eyed in the wee hours, the killer is unmasked' - The List
Edi Stark
Edi Stark established her own independent radio company, Stark Productions, which produces the weekly conversation series Stark Talk for BBC Radio Scotland. In the industry's most coveted and competitive national Sony Radio Academy awards, Edi has won 7 times. In the most recent Sony awards in 2009, she won her second Gold award for best News Special in the UK and bronze for Best Speech Broadcaster in the UK, a category in which she already holds silver and 2 bronzes.
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