Claudia lives in Dublin. She's the author of fourteen novels - all bestsellers - three of which were optioned for film and TV.

Claudia has always been grateful to her mentor Maeve Binchy, and stars in the Dublin-based soap opera Fair City.

Catherine Ferguson burst onto the writing scene at the age of nine, anonymously penning a weekly magazine for her five-year-old brother (mysteriously titled the 'Willy' comic). Catherine’s continuing love of writing saw her spend her twenties writing for various teenage magazines including Jackie and Blue Jeans before getting serious and becoming a sub-editor on the Dundee Courier & Advertiser. She lives with her son in Northumberland.

Fiona Gibson is an author and journalist. Originally from Yorkshire, she started her writing life at the age of seventeen on Jackie magazine. She is a regular contributor to Red, Sainsbury’s Magazine and the Sunday Herald, and lives with her husband and their three children in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mum on the Run is her fifth novel and was inspired by her own horror at being forced to enter the mums’ race at school sports day.

Gill Paul is a full-time writer of both fiction and non-fiction. She is the author of Titanic Love Stories, a non-fiction book about honeymoon couples on the Titanic.

Her debut, Women and children First, a fictional story set on board the Titanic was published earlier this year. Gill lives in London

Debbie Johnson is a former journalist who lives and works in Merseyside. After a lifetime of reading crime, romance and fantasy, she now writes all three. Fear No Evil is Debbie’s first novel featuring private detective Jayne McCartney, drawing inspiration from both the city of Liverpool and her own time working in the local media.

Although Debbie has never been a private eye herself, she is extremely nosy, and likes to piece together her own versions of reality by eavesdropping on conversations, watching people at the bus stop across the road, and imagining crime scenes as she walks her dog. Because it’s always the people who walk the dogs who find the bodies.

Marnie Riches is a regular in the crime scene, well-liked by the community and has worked hard to build up a loyal readership predominantly off her own back. She has previously published four books in digital (George McKenzie series), her first print publication Born Bad and sequel, Born Bad: The Cover Up.

20 years' experience of working in PR and Marketing, position in crime scene, strong support from crime fiction authors, fans and critics, and sales of over 180,000 show that Marnie Riches has potential to grow into a brand.