Gallovidia Books @gallovidiabooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore- supplying the folk of Kirkcudbright SW Scotland with books, gifts and blether ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐
We like tea, dogsโฆ..and books.
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
Main site: www.book-shelfie.com/submissions
semperanticuspress@gmail.com
Stephen Rutt @steverutt.bsky.social Author, birder, naturalist (he/him).
The Shirley Jackson Awards @sjacksonawards.bsky.social For outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the fantastic.
Lloyd Cole @lloydcole.bsky.social Him. Recording Artist. Rattlesnakes to On Pain.
The Slab Press @theslabpress.bsky.social We publish quirkier sorts of books! Science Fiction. Horror. Fantasy.
https://theslab.press/
Rachel Cantor @rachelcantor.bsky.social Author of the adult literary novels Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (2023), Good on Paper (2016), and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (2014). Now writing speculative MG/YA. Flailing but I mean well. She/her. www.rachelcantor.com
Louise Mangos @louisemangos.bsky.social Author of suspense & historical novels
Stories in 20+ anthologies
MA crime writing UEA
Wild swimmer
Skate skier
Cyclist
Fizz drinker
Angela Watt @littlewritespace.bsky.social Writer. Lover of books, cats and cheese. Favourite reads - gothic, ghosts, crime and novels set in academia. Obsessed with journals, ink and typewriters.
Current Read: The First Act of Summer by Joanna Glen
Amanda Lees @amandalees.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, formerly in Allo Allo. I know.
@jcbriggsbooks.bsky.social @jcbriggsbooks.bsky.social 
James @aquacat2.bsky.social Work within Investigations, PhD student at the OU and now an author of textbooks:
Criminology and Crime Prevention
Supporting Policing students
Both published through Routledge
Governor Finn Black @govfinnblack.bsky.social Books featuring Governor Finn Black, ex-Royal Marine and prison governor. Fictional character documented by Tony C. Scott, a member of the Crime Writers' Association and former prison governor.
www.prisoncrime.club #prisoncrimeclub #author
Gianetta Murray - Author @gianettamurray.bsky.social Writer, librarian, expat, cat servant.
Author of the Vivien Brandt mysteries.
Member of Sisters in Crime, CWA, ALLi.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer superfan.
https://linktr.ee/gianettamurray
๐คด๐พ Kingsley Pearson ๐ @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist & Writer.
London-based.
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Flat 401: https://www.klpearson.net/flat-401
Out now with Orion Fiction.
Alison Morton Author @alisonmorton.bsky.social Writer of #histfic, #althist and contemporary #thrillers and any combination thereof. Also language nerd, historian, 'what if' explorer, Roman nut, wine drinker
Sarah Bax Horton @sarahbaxhorton.bsky.social Currently on BBC iPlayer with Lucy Worsleyโs Victorian Murder Club as author of Arm of Eve: Investigating the Thames Torso Murders, RBAM Book of the Year 2024 ๐, also One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper
Naomi Clifford | Historical Crime Fiction & Non Fiction @naomiclifford.bsky.social โ๐ผWRITER
๐13 PARK LANE historical crime novel - an Amazon best seller + others
๐ฉฐLate onset ballet dancer
๐โ๐ฆบDog lover
Victoria Goldman @victoriagoldman.bsky.social Journalist. Editor. Author. Crocheter.
https://linktr.ee/victoriagoldman
M. W. Craven @mwcraven.bsky.social Chatter of ๐ฉ, writer of books. Author of Sunday Times bestselling #WashingtonPoe & #TillyBradshaw / #BenKoenig / #JamesBond and the Secret Agent Academy series. Winner of CWA Gold/Steel Dagger/ #Theakstons OP Crime Novel of the Year Award #mwcraven
Caroline Dunford @carolinedunford.bsky.social Author: Euphemia Martins Mysteries and Hope Stapleford Adventures. Teaching Fellow. Research PG. MSc Forensic Psych. UK. Pro Europe.
Heleyne Hammersley @heleynehammersley.bsky.social 
Graham Bartlett @gbpoliceadvisor.bsky.social ๐ Advising authors, TV writers, doc makers.
โ๏ธ Award-winning crime writer: BAD FOR GOOD, FORCE OF HATE & CITY ON FIRE. Repped by DHH Literary Agency.
๐ค Mentor with Jericho Writers.
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Retired police C/Supt.
๐ https://linktr.ee/grahambartlett
Edie Baylis @ediebaylis.bsky.social Gangland thriller author of 19 books so far.
I work hard and I play hard. Love craft, books, music, motorbikes.
Slightly unhinged and adore anything quirky and unique.
https://linktr.ee/ediebaylis
Liz Mistry @lizmistry.bsky.social Crime Fiction Author, Avid Reader and reviewer rep'd by Lorella Belli Literary Agency
Jason Monaghan @jasonthriller.bsky.social Writer, Archaeologist, Traveller. Author of the Jeffrey Flint Archaeological Mysteries and the Room Z 1930s Thrillers.
Caroline England Author *The Return of Frankie Whittle out 8 Feb @cazengland.bsky.social The Stranger Beside Me; The Sinner; Truth Games; Betray Her; My Husband's Lies; Beneath the Skin Also writes as CE Rose: The Attic at Wilton Place; The Shadows of Rutherford House; The House on the Water's Edge;The House of Hidden Secrets 
Douglas Skelton @dougskelton.bsky.social Author of the Jonas Flynt & the Rebecca Connolly books. Occasional photographer & servant to a cat & dog. Views expressed don't necessarily reflect theirs. Book experts, keep scrolling. No WhatsApp. No bitcoin/Forex. Agent: Jo Bell, Bell Lomax Moreton
William Shaw @william1shaw.bsky.social Writes books. Lives in Glenbeigh, co Kerry. Mostly. williamshaw.com
Samantha Lee Howe @samanthaleehowe.bsky.social Multi-award winning screenwriter and USA Today bestselling thriller author. #TheStrangerInOurBed #bestthriller.
Alex Shaw @alexshaw.bsky.social Bestselling Thriller Author of the WOLF SIX, SOPHIE RACINE, AIDAN SNOW, JACK TATE, & CODENAME 61 series
Published by HarperCollins, Luzifer Verlag, & Boldwood Books.
Represented by: Justin Nash of The Kate Nash Literary Agency
Based in Dubai/Kyiv/Sussex
TG Reid @tgreid.bsky.social Author of the Bestselling DCI Bone Scottish crime series.
Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social Atomic Blonde, Can You Solve the Murder, The Dog Sitter Detective, The Exphoria Code, The Organised Writer, Resident Evil Village, etc. I write all the things. Reps: http://antonyjohnston.com/contact
Jonathan Whitelaw @jdwhitelaw13.bsky.social Award winning author, journalist and broadcaster.
Repโd by Northbank Talent.
@suelord.bsky.social @suelord.bsky.social 
BOBO @bobo360.bsky.social Author of Three Degrees From Justice (#1 Crime Noir Bestseller on Kindle) and The Best Story Wins (Tower Publishing). Lawyers Weekly calls it โ[T]he best book ever written on what itโs like to be a prosecutor.โ Member UKโs CWA.
www.johnbobo.com
Simon Caldwell @spcaldwell.bsky.social Freelance journalist and author of The Beast of Bethulia Park and Lady Mabel's Gold, OUT NOW from Gracewing (https://www.gracewing.co.uk/page416.html). Master of the Keys. Views are my own.
Mike Gerrard @mikegerrard.bsky.social Travel/drinks writer. Rugby fan. Crime writing reader. Latest book: Behind Bars, which is not a prison diary. Half year in Arizona, half in The Fens.
Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS) @bbs-birds.bsky.social The UK Breeding Bird Survey & Waterways Breeding Bird Survey; monitoring bird species with skilled volunteers. A @btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social and @rspb.bsky.social partnership. https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/breeding-bird-survey 
Mark Dudley @markdudley.bsky.social Author.
'High Water' - shortlisted: 2024 Yeovil Novel Prize, longlisted: 2025 Retreat West Opening Lines: Top 100 Bath Novel Award
'Dead Wood' - longlisted: 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and 2023 Grindstone Literary Prize
https://linktr.ee/markdudleyauthor
Brian Price @briancrime.bsky.social Crime writer and advisor on science to other authors.
J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Filmmaker
Author of: I Can Tell You The Version That Will Make You Take My Side (Driftwood Press, 2026)
Book Reviews Editor: The Rumpus
Poetry Editor: Trans Poetics Archive
Jbrookewrites.com
Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social Writer. Editor of Best of British Science Fiction and other things. Chief word wrangler at The Slab Press. Occasionally a comedian. www.donna-scott.co.uk
Sisters in Crime Los Angeles @sistersincrimela.bsky.social We're here to champion women writers and content creators in mystery, thriller and true-crime genres โย and their fans. Join us https://www.sistersincrimela.com or subscribe https://sisters-in-crime-los-angeles.mailchimpsites.com/subscribe
Vaseem Khan @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Author: Q novels (from Bond franchise). Malabar House & Baby Ganesh agency series. The Girl in Cell A. Cricket mad. UCL Security & Crime Science. Website: www.vaseemkhan.com 
Val Penny @valpennyauthor.bsky.social I kill people in my bestselling thrillers - The DI Hunter Wilson Crime Thrillers and The Jane Renwick Thrillers.
www.valpenny.com
Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social Illustrator, performer, walker of the hills at dusk, lunatic. I get paper dirty professionally. As it is said in Hookland, Re-enchantment is resistance.
Pro EU, anti fascist. https://thomassbrown.com/ Store here https://thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com/
Julia Stone @juliastonewriter.bsky.social Author and artist. Psychologist and psychotherapist. Raiser of abandoned ducklings. ENTJ.
@crosslandam.bsky.social @crosslandam.bsky.social 
Tony White @tonywhite.bsky.social London author. Latest novel Phantom at the Feast out now on No Exit Press. Tony White is an RLF Fellow. CWA member. Views my own. No DMs. Mailing list etc.๐๐ผ
https://linktr.ee/author_tonywhite
Andrew Tucker Leavis @andrewtuckerleavis.bsky.social EIC + founder - New Nottingham Journal
Words in Radio Times, Under the Radar, Nottingham Post
CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social โBloody authorโ. Get your copy of dark comedy psycho-thriller romcom Troublemaker at: https://shorturl.at/2eCrv.
Liz Fielding @lizfielding.bsky.social First there was award-winning romance, now there's award winning crime. Maybridge Murder Mysteries.
Bernard O'Keeffe @bernok1.bsky.social Writer of the DI Garibaldi novels. The Carousel of Time out now. Music. Books. Barnes. #QPR. Patron of the Bloody Barnes Crime Writing Festival https://bernardokeeffe.com/
Mel Barrett @inbetweenpod.bsky.social TIBP https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-in-between-podcast-with-mel-barrett/id1785257330
Screenwriter | Novelist | Investigative Journo | Podcast Host | Docu Producer #TheInBetweenPodcast #VIRALthenovel
melbarrettwrites.com | inbetweenpod.com
Jared Cade @jaredcade.bsky.social Award winning author. Agatha Christie expert, creator of the Lyle Revel and Hermione Bradbury mysteries, member of the Crime Writers' Association. www.jaredcade.com
Janet Alcorn @janetalcorn.bsky.social Author (crime fiction, horror, and romance), librarian, gardener, very amateur photographer, 80s rocker chick. I write and I grow things. http://janetalcorn.com. Sign up for my newsletter to get a free story.
BD Spargo @bdspargo.bsky.social British Crime Author of the DCI Liam Doyle series set in Lancashire
Donna Morfett @lilmissmorfett.bsky.social ๐ Author
๐ Blogger
๐ค Darkside of Brighton Organiser
๐ถ Dog mum
Worker, friend, nutter ๐
AndrewJFieldWriter @andrewjfield.bsky.social Writes by the sea, next to the docks, near three bridges, close to the border ...books include You Are One of Us, a tribute to Mott The Hoople, by the fans, for the fans, and the noir Accidents Will Happen.
https://www.hitthenorth.co.uk/mott-the-hoople
Rhianna Levi-Burton @rhiannalevi98.bsky.social Former Worcestershire Poet Laureate. Cover teacher. Youth worker. Social media manager. Published writer. Mental health advocate.
Coffee, cats, tattoos, movie fanatic. Tolkien enthusiast. ๐ค
Worcester, UK
Jodie Robins @jodierobins.bsky.social Writer.
Curtis Brown Creative alumna
Lover of all things gothic
Novella, The Off-Season, out now.
Northern and southern in equal parts
https://jodierobins.substack.com
Merryn Allingham @merrynwrites.bsky.social Author of the Tremayne Mystery series and Flora Steele Mysteries. Published by @bookouture.
Latest release MURDER BY FIRELIGHT
www.merrynallingham.com
SDW Hamilton @sdwhamilton.bsky.social Crime & Mystery Author from Northern Ireland. Husband, father, lapsed gamer.
http://sdwhamilton.com
Denise Beddows @beddowswrites.bsky.social Award winning author of best selling crime & espionage fiction & true crime, researcher, festival founder, member of Crime Writers Association & Society of Authors, whippet mum, published by SpellBound Books & Misbourne Press. 
Barbara Gayle Austin @barbaragayleaustin.bsky.social Author of WHAT YOU MADE ME DO, published by Crooked Lane Books. Member of the Crime Writers Association, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America.
https://bgaustin.nl
Nicky Downes Crime Author @nickydownes.bsky.social I write crime featuring DI Jack Kent and set in Birmingham. I have a narrowboat, Chanelle and love cruising the canals in the Midlands. My latest novel, Her Perfect Girl, is now on sale.
Jess Faraday @jessfaraday.bsky.social Writer, editor, martial artist, immigrant. Author of the Ira Adler mysteries, the Simon Pearce mysteries, and the City Tails anthology. www.jessfaraday.com She/her.
Max Edwards @onechaptermore.bsky.social Books & Football, mostly. Literary Agent - Apple Tree Literary. Bookseller Rising Star โญ๏ธ 2021. Email me - max.edwards@appletreeliterary.com
Guy Morpuss @guymorpuss.bsky.social Writer. Barrister. Published by @viperbooks.bsky.social. Rep'd by @onechaptermore.bsky.social.
Daphne Silver, Cozy Mystery Author ๐๐ @daphnesilver.bsky.social Agatha-winning author of the Rare Books Cozy Mystery series. I love all things history and art. Visit www.daphnesilver.com to join my newsletter and get a free short story.
Rob Parker @robparkerauthor.bsky.social Author, host, podcast hyena.
www.robparkerauthor.com
Karl Relf @kdrisme.bsky.social 70s kid, 80s teen, still analogue-brained. Author of the DCI Brookes series. Bookworm.
Sarah Dunnakey @sarahdeewrites.bsky.social Murder mystery author, puzzle creator and quiz setter. The Twelve Murders of Christmas out now www.sarahdunnakey.com
Dr. J @justineverettphd.bsky.social Progressive environmentalist, writer and professor specializing in nature writing and science fiction. Worldview: science, quantum animism, idealist panpsychism.
Ben Bruce @therealbenbruce.bsky.social Author of The Regulators series. Work in TV. Interviews authors while quizzing at The UK Crime Book Club on FB. Linktr.ee/benbruce
Script Haven LTD @scripthavenltd.bsky.social Thriving independent bookshop, coffee shop, event venue, safe community haven in Worcester, UK!
scripthavenltd@gmail.com
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/scripthaven
5 Crown Passage, Worcester WR1 3LL
scripthaven.co.uk
Also on Insta, Facebook and Twitter
Rod Benson, PhD @ethicl.bsky.social Literature, poetry, philosophy, ethics, politics, history, theology, religion, food. Writer, blogger, educator. PhD in systematic theology. Sydney-based, living on unceded Dharug land. Opinions are mine. Be kind. Pls donโt DM. He/him. https://rodbenson.com
Lesley Cookman @cookmancrime.bsky.social Superannuated crime writer, mother of four middle aged musicians and grandmother of teenagers. Likes Rupert Bear, Hinge and Bracket, Victoria Wood. And cats.
Stephen Bentley @stephenbentley8.bsky.social Stephen Bentley is a former British police Detective Sergeant, pioneering Operation Julie undercover detective, and barrister. He now writes in the true crime and crime fiction genres.
Louise Marley @louisemarley.bsky.social Writes: Cozy/Murder Mysteries & RomComs
Reads: Mysteries, romance, historical & romantasy
She/Her.
#BookSky ๐๐
https://ravens-edge.co.uk
NOT the American author with the same name!
Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk ๐ Crime Fiction Author
๐ก๏ธ CWA Dagger Award Shortlisted
๐ Rep: David Headley @dhhlitagency
๐ญ @hamiltonwestend
links.jamiewest.co.uk
Susannah Stapleton @susannahstapleton.bsky.social Reader, writer, collector, maker. Author of That Dark Spring (2025) and The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective (2019).
Paul Gitsham - Author Deadly Truths 05/05/26 @paulgitshamauthor.bsky.social Author, Teacher, Master Procrastinator.
Creator of the DCI Warren Jones and Foxe & Kennard series
& The Aftermath.
www.paulgitsham.com
https://amzn.to/4fLgrug
https://linktr.ee/PaulGitsham
#TuesdayTip
Kate Lyall Grant @katelyallgrant.bsky.social Publishing Director at Joffe Books. Dog lover and avid reader. All views my own.
Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social Writer of crime fiction and books for young readers of all ages. Most recent crime novel is "Woman, Missing" (HQ). Love reading. Edit part-time. Owner (servant) of a cat.
Richard Jerram @richardjerram.bsky.social The Makoto Murders out in July 2026 โฆ CWA Debut Dagger 2024 winner โฆ UEA Crime Fiction MA โฆ repโd by Lisa Moylett at CMM โฆ PhD economist โฆ
Jane Bettany @janebettany.bsky.social Writer based in Derby. Author of murder mystery crime novels set in Derbyshire. CWA member. Published by HQ (Harper Collins)
Neil Daws @neildaws.bsky.social MURDER AT THE TOWER: out 12 March 2026. MURDER AT THE PALACE: out now.
Writer of the Kember & Hayes WW2 historical crime mysteries. Hiker. MBE. Real ale quaffer. Occasionally makes cakes.
www.neildaws.com
Martin Willis @profwillis.bsky.social Budding writer of crime fiction. Rep by Joanna at BKS. Cardiff-set historical crime out on sub. Academic day job. Books on Jack the Ripper & Victorian genre fiction. Scottish by birth and temperament.
Tim Kinsey @tekinsey.uk Mystery Writer. Dreadful Drummer. Proudly responsible for the Lady Hardcastle series.
https://www.tekinsey.uk
Hilary Pugh @hillyp78.bsky.social I am an author living in the UK. I write cosy (ish) mystery novels.
P.W. Morrison @pwmorrison.bsky.social Writer, MSt Crime & Thriller Writing, serial expat, former Barrister, storyteller ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ @jordanacosta.co ๐ฌ๐ง/๐ต๐ญ Speculative fiction writer and Creative Director at @unseenhistories.com โ rep'd by @jjbker.bsky.social.
jordanacosta.co
AJ West Author @ajwestauthor.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling novelist: THE BETRAYAL OF THOMAS TRUE #AlwaysTogether ๐ฆ ๐ Broadcaster ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Homosexual
Linktr.ee/ajwest
Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social Father of daughters, health services leader, chair of school governors, academic Gothicist, literary interviewer, crime fiction lover, Doctor Who fan (he/him/his)
https://www.precariousgothic.com
Teriterrywrites @teriterrywrites.bsky.social Word wrangler of psychological thrillers The Stalker & YA Scare Me & more! Freq enraged. Obsessed with stationery & easily distracted by cats & dogs. She/her. Website https://teriterry.jimdoweb.com/
An unusual mix of ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ณ๐ฑ๐ซ๐ฎ
MurphyNovels @murphynovels.bsky.social Dagger winning crime & thrillers, Murder Squad
founder. Writing as Margaret Murphy, M.K. Murphy, A.D. Garrett & Ashley Dyer. Agent: Felicity Blunt & Rosie Pierce at Curtis Brown Books.
Phillip Jordan @pwjordanauthor.bsky.social Crime thriller author and screenwriter. Born and bred in Belfast, Northern Ireland. THE BELFAST CRIME SERIES is available now!
www.pwjordanauthor.com
The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social The CWA promotes, supports and celebrates crime writing and writers of crime fiction and non-fiction ๐ช๐ฉธ๐ฎ๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ซ๐
linktr.ee/crimewritersassociation