Meet The #TheakstonAward Authors

From stunning debuts to literary legends there were eighteen fantastic books by UK and Irish writers in contention for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020. Each of our video interviews will welcome you into one of these authors worlds, as they share with you a little about their longlisted book, their career and how they feel about work being recognised by the most wanted award in crime fiction. You may even find a new author to add to your must read list.

Join us to discover who will be crowned the winner of the most wanted award in crime fiction here on Thursday from 6.30pm.

SHOP THE LONGLIST

OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE

MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER

CHRIS BROOKMYRE

FALLEN ANGEL

WILL CARVER

NOTHING IMPORTANT HAPPENED TODAY

JANE CASEY

CRUEL ACTS

LEE CHILD

BLUE MOON

ANN CLEEVES

THE LONG CALL

WILL DEAN

RED SNOW

LOUISE DOUGHTY

PLATFORM SEVEN

HELEN FITZGERALD

WORST CASE SCENARIO

JANE HARPER

THE LOST MAN

MICK HERRON

JOE COUNTRY

VAL MCDERMID

HOW THE DEAD SPEAK

DENISE MINA

CONVICTION

ADRIAN MCKINTY

THE CHAIN

ABIR MUHKERJEE

SMOKE AND ASHES

ALEX NORTH

THE WHISPER MAN

LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

BLOOD AND SUGAR

HARRIET TYCE

BLOOD ORANGE