Vicki Mellor @headcrime.bsky.social Editor/Publisher whose views are all their own…
Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social Author of John Cardinal mysteries morphing from crime to literary fiction. Don't wanna whine but, like they say about getting old, it ain't for sissies! No DMs.
Joseph Finder @josephfinderbooks.bsky.social Author, husband, father, dog owner, tomato farmer. THE OLIGARCH'S DAUGHTER is coming from Harper Books in January 2025. https://josephfinder.com/
Noelle Holten @noelleholten.bsky.social Crime writer; book publicist in publishing; book reviewer on CrimeBookJunkie; criminologist; ex-Senior Probation Officer and avid reader!
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social Books etc
John Sutherland Author @johnsutherland.bsky.social Retired Copper. Husband. Dad. Believer in Hope. Writes a bit too. 'The Castle' from Orion Fiction is out in April 2025.
Contact: lwilliams@greeneheaton.co.uk
Website: www.johnsutherlandauthor.co.uk
Alexander McCall Smith @mccallsmith.bsky.social Alexander McCall Smith is the author of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, the Sunday Philosophy Club and the 44 Scotland Street series.
Rhys Bowen @authorrhysbowen.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author of the Molly Murphy and Royal Spyness Mysteries, Celtic harpist, lover of life https://rhysbowen.com/
Matt Wesolowski @mattjwesolowski.bsky.social Author of unpleasant books, spooky kickboxer, flawed human. Dungeon Synth and Black Metal; Crows, Cats and Bats.
Agent: Sandra Sawicka (Marjacq)
Film/TV: Luke Speed (SLTM)
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
Peter May @authorpetermay.bsky.social Award-winning writer of crime novels, including the Lewis Trilogy, The China Thrillers and the Enzo Files, as well as numerous standalones. Sixteen million books sold worldwide. “The Black Loch” out now.
Imran @imranmahmood777.bsky.social Author screenwriter barrister
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John Sandford @johnsandford.bsky.social The official BlueSky presence for #1 New York Times bestselling novelist John Sandford, author of the Prey series featuring Lucas Davenport, the Virgil Flowers series, and many more. Managed by Roswell Camp.
https://www.JohnSandford.org
Crime Fiction Lover @crimefictionlover.bsky.social The best site for diehard crime & thriller fans - reviews, interviews, features on books, shows & more. We are Amazon and Bookshop associates/affiliates.
https://crimefictionlover.com
Deon Meyer @deonmeyer.bsky.social South African crime fiction author
Penguin Michael Joseph @michaeljbooks.bsky.social Est. 1935 🐧 A division of Penguin Random House 📚 Home to some of the world's most popular authors 📖
Maria Smilios @mariasmilios.bsky.social Award winning author The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
Adjunct Columbia University SPH
Keynote speaker
@penguinrandomhouse
#endtb #gunsafety #factsmatter #womenmatter
(https://www.mariasmilios.com)
Moz Perkins ⚓️ 🇬🇧 🏴 @mozperkins.bsky.social Cold War Warrior ⚓️ 🏴
Published Author of 8 books.
I share lots of humour.
Family is number one, now and forever.
I volunteer in Stockport with Ex-🇬🇧 HM Armed Forces groups
Gerald Hornsby @authorgerald.bsky.social 🇬🇧Writer of crime novels, dark short fiction, and writing-related non-fiction https://gerald-hornsby.com/
Substack: https://geraldswriting.substack.com/
Ex Chair of https://www.swanwickwritersschool.org.uk/
Ex host of https://www.literaryroadhouse.com
David Whish-Wilson @davidwhish-wilson.bsky.social Fremantle-based crime writer and reader, reviewer, academic. Author of the Frank Swann and Lee Southern series. Latest is Cutler, out with Fremantle Press.
Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT Rep'd by @charlotteseymour.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
Sidney Williams - Horror | Thriller Author @sidneyw.bsky.social He/Him/His
Writer | Teacher | Speaker | Custodian of Hyper-Intelligent Feline
SidIsAlive.com
Andy Jones @adjones-journo.bsky.social Liverpool FC writer for The Athletic
Ava Glass @avaglassbooks.bsky.social 'Queen of spy fiction' - the Guardian. 'The real thing' - the Washington Post. Author of the Emma Makepeace series, The Hiding Season, and other books under other identities. Former gov't comms. Many names – Not a spy.
https://linktr.ee/avaglass
Jane Dalton @janecdalton.bsky.social 'The Second Life of Anthony B', a psychological suspense mystery. 'A captivating read', 'beautifully written'
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-second-life-of-anthony-b-jane-dalton/4cb97236593c4ebb
Senior reporter @Independent
Books, news, animal welfare
Richard Armitage @whiteboarfilms.com Actor/Writer/Producer
The tall bloke who played Thorin Oakenshield in ‘The Hobbit’.
Captain America, Oceans 8, Into the Storm, bunch of other movies, TV and theatre. Going for the ‘poker’ in Harlan Coben’s ‘Missing You’ Netflix 2025
James Moran @jamesmoran.com 📝 Screenwriter
🎬 Severance, Cockneys Vs Zombies, Tower Block
📺 Doctor Who, Torchwood, Spooks, Crusoe, Crossing Lines, Eve, Dave Spud, & more
👋 He/him
www.jamesmoran.com
Read and Buried Podcast @readandburiedpod.bsky.social Like crime stories, books and people talking about those things? This is the podcast for you. Hosted by Frankie.
Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social Award-winning food writer and now whodunits - Knife Skills For Beginners out in paperback now, Murder Below Deck on 6 March
National Numeracy @nationalnumeracy.bsky.social UK #Charity dedicated to empowering confidence with every day #maths and #numbers.
www.linktr.ee/nationalnumeracy
Jo Leevers @joleevers.bsky.social Not really here, but on Instagram. Author of Tell Me How This Ends and The Last Time I Saw You, both out now
Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk 🔍 Crime Fiction Author
🗡️ CWA Dagger Award Shortlisted
📖 Rep: David Headley @dhhlitagency
🎭 @hamiltonwestend
links.jamiewest.co.uk
Jo Callaghan @jocallaghankat.bsky.social Sunday Times bestseller In the Blink of an Eye, winner of Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year & CWA New Blood Dagger. Book 2 Leave No Trace. Agent: susanW1F
V @monhublot.bsky.social Jaguar Shark | Tsundoku Sovereign | Sushi N’est Pas Une Pipe
Daniel Silva @danielsilvabooks.bsky.social Friend of Gabriel Allon, also a father of twins. Trying to impress @jamiegangel. The writing always the writing.
www.danielsilvabooks.com
Charlotte Greenwood @charlottegreenwood.bsky.social Editor at Viper Books. Lover of mysteries. Outnumbered by cats. Rubbish at social media but I promise to try.- J Bridget @jennbridge.bsky.social
Request: No dms unless I know you IRL. You can post in public. Thank you.
James Brinsford @jamesbrinsford.bsky.social Writer/journalist/poet/storyteller - poetry on BBC Upload - book blogger, book lover. Writer for @mirror.co.uk
Katherine Carter @katieculture.bsky.social 📖 Author, Historian & Curator. Expert on life & times of Winston Churchill.
'Churchill's Citadel' with Yale University Press out now. Curator at Chartwell.
Calum @cccalum.bsky.social Speaker, writer, and adviser on AI.
Co-founder of Conscium.
Co-host of the London Futurists Podcast.
Stefan Simanowitz @stefsimanowitz.bsky.social "Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte
MYLES STAFFORD @mylesastafford.bsky.social Author of THE KILLER ANGEL novels. "An epic story of survival, across a continent and over a century." https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CC5T3C?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin
Suzanne Collier @suzannecollier.bsky.social 
Room 119 Author @room119tflince.bsky.social Author of mystery urban fantasy thrillers Room 119 & Funicular - T F Lince. Why T F though?
I'm not going all J K Rowling, if you were named Trevor & Frank you would do the same, I had little to work with, thanks Mam.
https://www.room119.co.uk
Author Fred J Lauver @authorfredlauver.bsky.social International award-winning author, Heart in the Jungle: Mountain City (Honorable Mention 2024 Paris and NY book festivals), and Aziza and the Caves of Mars (Runner-up 2024 Hollywood and L.A. Beach book festivals). Widower. Writing next chapters. Widowed.
Lisa Hall @lisahallauthor.bsky.social Writer/reader/reviewer. Bestselling author. Rep’d by Lisa Moylett @ CMM Agency. The Mysterious Double Death of Honey Black is out now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Double-Death-Honey-Black-ebook/dp/B0CH8ZJ5SF 
Elisabeth Vincentelli @evincentelli.bsky.social Bylines: The New York Times, The Washington Post and more.
Co-host Marks & Vincentelli podcast.
Latest book: "The Art and Making of Arcane"
elisabeth@evincentelli.com
Michael Lynes @michaellynesauthor.bsky.social Author of The Isaac Alvarez Mysteries. Crime Writers’ Association member.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B0BPXKP9PT?ref=as_rdr
Shane McGinley @shanemcg3.bsky.social 
Stephen Ronson @stephenronson.bsky.social Author of the John Cook novels - WW2 crime thrillers set in rural Sussex. Published by Hodder Books, represented by The Blair Partnership. 
Chloe Timms @clotimms.bsky.social Writer at Inside Soap Magazine | Author of THE SEAWOMEN (HodderBooks) she/her ♿ | Agent: Nelle_Andrew | Podcast: Confessions of a Debut Novelist
Murray Bailey Author @murraybailey.bsky.social Author of the Ash Carter thrillers, Egyptian mystery thrillers and many more.
Website: murraybaileybooks.com
Keon West @profkeonwest.bsky.social Professor of Psychology, Author of the Science of Racism, Rhodes Scholar, Oxford DPhil, ERC-funded, #BBCExpertVoices. He/him🇯🇲🇹🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸
@ruthywriter.bsky.social @ruthywriter.bsky.social 
Marié Rojas Tamayo @mariewriter1963.bsky.social Published writer, more than 30 books 📚 🖋️ 🔮
Mother of two illustrators.
Kid's books, speculative fiction, sci-fi, haunted houses, paranormal, fantasy, poetry, cats.
Not looking for agents!
#writer #writingcommunity #author #kidsbooks #specfic #book #books
Mark Tully @markatully.bsky.social Professor of Public Health & Research Director, Ulster University.
Physical Activity Researcher
Personal account. RT≠endorsement
https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/mark-tully 
Images By Jon Evan @imagesbyjonevan.bsky.social I was a dentist until #MS affected my hands & mobility. Now I create photographs capturing the imagery of nature’s beauty and serenity in stunning prints.
websites:
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/imagesbyjonevan
https://www.pictorem.com/gallery/Ima
@vikingsmeisje.bsky.social @vikingsmeisje.bsky.social 
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
@ajaychow.bsky.social @ajaychow.bsky.social 
Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social Author of Murder in Moonlit Square. Pre-order https://tinyurl.com/s7b5kpc8 Rep by Broo Doherty @DHHlitagency.bsky.social Co-host We’d Like A Word books & authors podcast. Co-Founder of @ChilternKills.bsky.social & #BBCWorldService “In The Studio” presenter
Mike Lupica @mikelupica.bsky.social Columnist, Author, co-writer with James Patterson, Boston College grad. My late father, Bene Lupica, flew his first mission as a B24 bombardier 80 years ago. He was 20. Looking for the America we still aspire to be? There it is.
Nick Petrulakis | Bookseller (with podcast) @drinkswithnick.bsky.social Bookseller at Lovestruck. Cocktail creator for some of the great books I love. Podcast? Sure. At DrinksWithNick, too. Also, I break things.
The Northwest Jersey Times @jerseytimes.bsky.social 'The Eighth Estate'. All the Jersey that's fit to print. 
Willow @willowmims.bsky.social Atheist soul adventurer 👀
Anti-capitalist crone
Lover of books, nature, and dark humor
Queer autistic, ADHD, disabled
Outta patience with the blue wave
I don't use Alt text
I may use the word retarded
Tony Williams @tonywilliams.bsky.social Novelist & poet. Latest novel COLE THE MAGNIFICENT
https://linktr.ee/tonywilliamswriter
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
L. E. Bendon @lebendon.com Author of 'The Weapon and the Fruit' detective series, featuring barefoot Australian P.I. Lance Pomegranate. Also a musician, speaks Italian & Hindi, promises not to DM you prematurely. From London, based in India.
Chitra Ramaswamy @chitgrrl.bsky.social Author: Homelands, Expecting. Journalist: The Guardian. Restaurant critic: The Times Scotland. Used to be a person whose profile said only 'don't conclude anything without cheese'. Still am, on the inside.
Bigglestones Books @bigglestones.bsky.social Bookshop in Glasgow.
The Kemptown Bookshop @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social Brighton’s Oldest Independent Bookshop 📚🌈
Helen Fields @crimediva.bsky.social Writer of all things criminal. Recovering barrister. Carlsbad/Edinburgh/Arundel. Fan of long, late night chats and reading books that scare the bejesus out of me. Licorice is the way to my heart. Here for Luc & Ava info. 
Erin Young @erinyoungauthor.bsky.social Crime writer - currently writing dark thrillers set in Iowa. THE FIELDS (shortlisted for ITW novel of the year, in development for TV), ORIGINAL SINS (NYT book of the week, Times thriller of the month). Also writes historical fiction as Robyn Young. 
Sophie Hannah @sophiehannah.bsky.social Bestselling crime writer
Coach for writers (dreamauthorcoaching.com)
Host of ‘How to Hold a Grudge’ podcast
Clare Mackintosh - Author @claremackwrites.bsky.social Writer. Mother. Ex cop. ✏️ 2 million+ books sold 🎲 #AGameOfLies out now https://claremackintosh.com/me/
Will Carver @willcarver.bsky.social Award-winning writer. Drinker. Non-preachy vegan.
BAD INFLUENCE, June 18th, 2026.
William Shaw @william1shaw.bsky.social Writes books. Lives in Glenbeigh, co Kerry. Mostly. williamshaw.com
A.A. Chaudhuri @aachaudhuri.bsky.social Amazon bestselling thriller author rep’d by Annette Crossland, pub’d by Hera Books - She’s Mine, The Loyal Friend, The Final Party, Under Her Roof; Isis Audio/Joffe Books - The Lawyer,The Partner aachaudhuri.com
The School Gates OUT NOW!
Liz Mistry @lizmistry.bsky.social Crime Fiction Author, Avid Reader and reviewer rep'd by Lorella Belli Literary Agency
Miranda Jewess @mirandajewess.bsky.social Publishing Director @viperbooks.bsky.social, the award-winning crime, thriller and mystery imprint of @profilebooks.bsky.social. I like books with a dead body in them.
Sam Brownley @sambrownley.bsky.social Admin and author interviewer for the UK Crime Book Club on FB. Avid reader. Editor. Proofreader. Writing debut crime fiction novel. Mum. Wife. She/her.
CL Taylor @callytaylor.bsky.social British crime author. Sunday Times bestseller. Richard & Judy pick. Mum, dog owner, knitter, crocheter, maker, watches a lot of TV.
Tom Mead @tommeadauthor.bsky.social He/Him. Author of DEATH AND THE CONJUROR, THE MURDER WHEEL, and CABARET MACABRE published by Mysterious Press (US) and Head of Zeus (UK)
"Ingenious" - The Guardian
"Ingenious" - The Times
Rep: Lorella Belli Literary Agency
AJ West Author @ajwestauthor.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling novelist: THE BETRAYAL OF THOMAS TRUE #AlwaysTogether 🦚 📚 Broadcaster 🏳️🌈 Homosexual
Linktr.ee/ajwest
Andy Hill @andyhillwriter.bsky.social Author of the Jack Lunn mystery series, reviewer for Shotsmag, fly fisherman, amateur cook, scuba diver and lover of memes. 
Awais Khan @awaiskhan.bsky.social Award-winning author of 4 novels. Published by Simon & Schuster, Orenda Books and Hera Books | TED Speaker | Founder of The Writing Institute | Represented by Annette Crossland.
S J Watson @sjwatson.bsky.social Writing. Photography. Drinking. Bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep. Podcaster. Substacker. Procrastinator. Dog dad. Tired.
Just your ordinary average everyday sane psycho super-goddess.
Ruth Ware @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social Still writing books... still drinking coffee... still making stuff up as I go along. The Woman in Suite 11 available to pre-order now at linktr.ee/ruthwarewriter
Find me at ruthware.com
Nadine Matheson @nadinematheson.com Bestselling Author👩🏾💻 | Host of ‘The Conversation’ Podcast 🎙️| All Views My Own 💬
www.nadinematheson.com
Podcast: apple.co/3RSKsxK |Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G
📗OUT NOW: ‘THE SHADOW CARVER’ - https://linktr.ee/Nadine_Matheson
Neil Lancaster @neillancaster66.bsky.social Black Isle based crime writer of The Max Craigie series, occasionally known for writing spy thrillers as Max Connor
Repped by Kerr Macrae at LPA
www.neillancastercrime.co.uk
Amanda Jennings @amandajennings.bsky.social Author, mother of girls. Gimme snow, mountains, beaches and travel. Keep your raw tomatoes to yourself, you crazy kid.
Alex North @alexnorth.co.uk Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling crime writer, based in Leeds, UK. I publish as Alex North but my friends call me Steve. www.alexnorth.co.uk