Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
crimebookgirl @crimebookgirl.bsky.social Crime fiction aficionado. Blogger (www.crimebookgirl.com), event chair, Theakstons & McIlvanney Prize academy member, Ngaio Marsh Awards & CWA Daggers judge - it's #AllCrimeAllTheTime!
Pam Lecky @pamlecky.bsky.social Author of crime and mystery, historical and contemporary
Rep'd Susanna Lea Associates London
Avon Books UK
Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social Putting fairness at the heart of public debate and policymaking in the UK.
https://linktr.ee/FairnessFoundation
Frankie @frankieisswell.bsky.social ๐คOutdoorsy-indoor type
๐คHorror writer, rep: Emily Glenister @ DHH Literary Agency
๐คPodcaster: Read & Buried, The Labours of Hercule, Cosy AF
Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social Blogger & award-winning crime fiction author. MWA. Noir, pulp, monsters, fiction, jazz, writing, film, comics. Went by @LBoxGraveyard at that other place.
https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/stories
Lauren Faller King @handle.invalid Author (as Elle Croft), co-founder of The Story School, F1 fan, Swiftie, Melburnian
https://the-story-school.com/
Pete Gray @pete-gray.bsky.social Clinical Software Optimisation Specialist , born, raised and living in SE London but working mainly in Northern Ireland and Wales at present
Amanda Lees @amandalees.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, formerly in Allo Allo. I know.
Jennifer Walker @jenwalkerauthor.bsky.social Teacher, author, yoga enthusiast, carb-lover, Hawaii-dreamer and try-hard mom ๐จ๐ฆ Repped by @essiewhite.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/JenWalkerAuthor
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
Matt Coot @mattcoot.bsky.social Writer, performer, occasional mental health activist. Longlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award 2024.
Based in Cornwall.
linktr.ee/MattCoot
Beth Lewis @bethlewis.bsky.social Writer of all things crime, thriller, historical, weird & wonderful. The Wolf Road, Origins of Iris, THE RUSH (June 10th 2025) She/her.
Rep: David Headley at DHH.
http://bethlewis.co.uk
Linda Mather @lindamather.bsky.social Author of the Jo & Macy Murder Mysteries, long-listed for the Margery Allingham short story prize 2025, Smithsonian expert speaker, CWA and Sisters in Crime Board Member.
Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition hosted by the Department of English at the University of Bristol.
https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
CozyMystery.com @cozymystery-com.bsky.social We are CozyMystery.com, the way to find the cozy you want to read. Get our weekly newsletter at https://cozymystery.com/newsletter/
Chicks on the Case @chicksonthecase.bsky.social Eight cozy mystery authors with a killer sense of humor! Check out our blog at www.chicksonthecase.com. We are: Ellen Byron, Jennifer Chow, Marla Cooper, Vickie Fee, Leslie Karst, Cynthia Kuhn, Lisa Q. Mathews, and Patricia Sargeant.
RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social Scottish writer
Bob and Annie Kelty Scottish historical crime series - Cuddies Strip, Barossa Street, Moot.
Barvick Falls forthcoming autumn 2025
Fiction with a social conscience
www.robmcinroy.co.uk
Alys Cummings @alyseliza.bsky.social Makes documentaries ๐ฅ loves crosswords ๐๏ธ reads novels ๐ writes โ๏ธ New Writing North Emerging Creative Associate โฌ๏ธ
Debut novel Murder Most Cryptic out
October 2026 Penguin Michael Joseph ๐ฌ๐ง๐ง๐ฌ๐ง
February 2027 Minotaur ๐บ๐ธ๐๐บ๐ธ
Lives North East ๐๐
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 
The Conversation with Nadine Matheson @theconversation.bsky.social โจ Deep dives into writing, creativity & life
๐๏ธHost @nadinematheson.com
๐ง New episodes every Tuesdayโlisten wherever you find your podcasts
๐ฌ Subscribe, like, follow, and share!
๐ง https://linktr.ee/ConversationwithNadineMatheson
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
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
Dr Mary Bateman @mareganlefay.bsky.social Medievalist. Pre modern lit & culture across borders, especially all things Arthurian. FRHistS, FHEA. Folkie. ๐ต Mareganlefay.bsky.social 
Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social Co-creator/co-writer of #BAFTA winning #HisHouse. Fixer of broken things. Sometimes stories. Sometimes shelves.
For story/script fixing, go here: https://www.nightmarescenar.io
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
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/
Liz Fielding @lizfielding.bsky.social First there was award-winning romance, now there's award winning crime. Maybridge Murder Mysteries.
Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social Weโre the museum looking deeper into the Earthโs past to shape a new future where both people and planet thrive.
Protecting the planet, itโs in our nature. ๐
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. 
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.
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
Sarah Dunnakey @sarahdeewrites.bsky.social Murder mystery author, puzzle creator and quiz setter. The Twelve Murders of Christmas out now www.sarahdunnakey.com
Victoria Lilly @victorialilly.bsky.social Victoria. She/her
โ๏ธ Author of literary and folk-horror short stories
๐ Writer for the Independent Book Review
๐ victorialillywriter.com
Infinite Women @infinite-women.com Allison Tyra: Creator of a database of 10,000+ women's biographies, author of Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed & Stolen Work and The View from the Hill (infinite-women.com/books), cat lady, AuDHD. She/her
www.infinite-women.com
Keith Brooke @keithbrooke.co.uk Makes up shit. Eloquently. Crime & SF writer, editor, photographer... Author of alt.human/Harmony, The Accord, half of Wormhole, and other stuff. Writes as Nick Gifford for teens. www.keithbrooke.co.uk
Caroline Dunford @carolinedunford.bsky.social Author: Euphemia Martins Mysteries and Hope Stapleford Adventures. Teaching Fellow. Research PG. MSc Forensic Psych. UK. Pro Europe.
Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social 
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
Dr Angela Buckley @drangelabuckley.bsky.social Historian, and author specialising in true crime, Victorian and Edwardian detectives, and the history of forensic science. Also, linguist ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐ธ๐ฎ๐น. Rep: Past Preservers. http://drangelabuckley.com
The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
Vic Haslam @vichaslam.bsky.social Senior Editor at Amazon Publishing (crime/thriller at Thomas & Mercer, narrative non-fiction at Little A, short stories at Amazon Original Stories).
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social Historical fiction author and Rome geek, SoA, CWA, HWA
https://substack.com/@fionaforsyth1
RC Bridgestock @rcbridgestock.bsky.social Crime-writing duo Highly commended Detective
Consultant BAFTA winning dramas inc #HappyValley
Voted #8 Best #Crime #Thriller Authors of all Time #WHSmith Advisors to authors, broadcasters, journalists & true crime doc. makers
#booksky
Tom Murdock @thmurdock.bsky.social Fiction writer based in Bristol, UK. First novel coming 2026. Sometimes musician. Agent: Madeleine Milburn
Rosalind Barden author @rosalindbarden.bsky.social Author of mystery and horror with a sense of humor.
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/rosalind-barden
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
Imran @imranmahmood777.bsky.social Author screenwriter barrister
๐. ๐ฌ. โ๏ธ
David Baddiel @realbaddiel.bsky.social On here too
Simon Mayo @simonmayo.bsky.social Nil desperandum
๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ง
Phoebe Morgan @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social Executive Publisher for Fiction @simonschusteruk. Author of 5 thrillers with @HQStories. Shortlisted for Editor of the Year 2022.
Substack: honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe
Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social Berserker!
Out now from all good bookshops, and bad ones, and ones in between.
Murder One International Crime Writing Festival @murderonefest.bsky.social Ireland's International Crime Writing Festival, based in the LexIcon Library, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin and supported by the Arts Council, DLR Libraries & Dubray Books. ๐ 15-18 Oct 2026 www.murderone.ie
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org โค๏ธโ๐ฉน
links.weratedogs.com
Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk Not even the most famous person in my bedroom. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
Stephen Fry @stephenfry.bsky.social Grazer and nibbler at the outer edges of new social media platforms
John Finnemore @johnfinnemore.bsky.social Writer, comedian, actor, puzzle-maker. I'm not really sure what the right word for that last one is.
For now, I'm only here to bags my name in case this one takes off. But I hope it does. 
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesnโt accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social 
Susie Day @susieday.bsky.social Children's books and charity comms. Bristol, UK. Nerdy gay. Cats, food, hobbies I never do but mean to, beer. Tired. Like a nan but one who's really into trans rights.
Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social 36hrs of TV stand-up on youtube: https://youtube.com/@davegorman235/ I also set crosswords. Bluth in the Indy, Fed in the Graun, Django in the Telegraph
Davegorman.com
Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social Latest special Late Bloomer is on Netflix (not UK & IRE) & Channel4.com (UK & IRE) now.
Also part of the Standard Issue podcast team
Replies ending TSM are by my team.
https://linktr.ee/thesarahmillican
Angela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social "Comedian"
Mock The Week, QI, Live at The Apollo, HIGNFY
Host of The Archers Live at 75 tour - https://www.fane.co.uk/the-archers
Cold War and Mid Century Modernist nerd.
The Archers obsessive
Prone to inexpert F1 ramblings.
Swims. Naps. Bunkers.
James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social Author of legal thrillers. Husband, father, grandfather. Lawyer, teacher, public speaker. Taller and funnier in person.
Christie J. Newport @christiejnewport.bsky.social Author of The Preston Murders crime thriller series. Book One: The Ravenโs Mark Book Two: The Ordinary Man. An historical thriller coming soon. Represented by Northbank Talent Management. Published by Joffe Books & Storm Books. Lives in Grimsargh Village.
Kia Abdullah @kiaabdullah.bsky.social Author. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DARK out now.
Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and Everything She Didn't Say (out 16 July). Also owner of the worldโs least cooperative spaniel.
Chris Ewan @chrisewan.bsky.social Thriller, suspense and mystery writer. Author of ONE WRONG TURN, THE HOUSE HUNT, THE INTERVIEW, SAFE HOUSE and THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO ... mysteries.
William Hussey @whusseyauthor.bsky.social Award-winning author of the SCOTT JERICHO thrillers (KILLING JERICHO; JERICHOโS DEAD; BURYING JERICHO) and YA novels, including THE BOY I LOVE, BROKEN HEARTS AND ZOMBIE PARTS, and THE OUTRAGE among others
https://linktr.ee/williamhusseyauthor
David Hewson @davidhewson.com Books n stuff. Venice, Rome, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dover. In 2025... back to Venice. Stay tuned.
www.davidhewson.com
Saima Mir @saimamir.bsky.social Novelist, journalist, and Global Head of Comms for AutogenAI
Steve Cavanagh @stevecavanagh.bsky.social Writer, dog walker, professional procrastinator. Writes the Eddie Flynn books and sometimes other things too.
Will Carver @willcarver.bsky.social Award-winning writer. Drinker. Non-preachy vegan.
BAD INFLUENCE, June 18th, 2026.
Asia Mackay @asiamackay.bsky.social Chinese Scottish Londoner. Mum of 4. Author of 3. A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage out Jan'25. Curtis Brown ๐ Alice Lutyens ๐บ Camilla Young/ Katie Battcock
Lynda La Plante @lyndalaplante.bsky.social Lynda La Plante, CBE. Author of 40+ bestselling books. Creator and screenwriter of over 170 hrs of television, including Prime Suspect & Widows. http://lyndalaplante.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.
Daniel Aubrey @spacemandan13.bsky.social Crime writer ๐ Debut novel DARK ISLAND out now!
๐ SL - McDermid Debut Award & Bloody Scotland Debut Prize.
๐ LL - Saltire Society First Book Prize.
โ๏ธ Agent: Ella Kahn at DKW
#Orkney obsessed. #AuDHD. #BookSky ๐๐
Mostly here for the #dog pics ๐ฆฎ๐โ๐ฆบ
Suk Pannu @sukpannu.bsky.social Writer. Creator #MrsSidhuInvestigates @AcornTV
/ BBC Radio 4, writer for BBC Kumars, GGM. TV/ radio: http://bit.ly/3MvRi93 books: http://bit.ly/3HPZTjw links: https://linktr.ee/suk.pannu
Jeffery Deaver @jefferydeaver.bsky.social Author of the Lincoln Rhyme series, the Colter Shaw series, and many other thrillers. 
Fiona Cummins @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social Writer of thrillers. Seeker of thrills.
Gillian McAllister @gillianmauthor.bsky.social Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer. I always delete my first draft.
Simon Toyne @simontoyne.bsky.social Author. Scriptwriter. Writer of Wrongs
Cara Hunter @carahunterbooks.bsky.social Author of MURDER IN THE FAMILY, a Sunday Times, New York Times, USA Today and Canadian Globe & Mail bestseller. Also the milion+ selling DI Adam Fawley series. Both in development for TV. Cat concierge, lover of champagne and chocolate
Tim Weaver @timcweav.bsky.social He/him, erratic hoarder, over thinker, vaguely steampunk, pencil maker, pro Europe, pro trans, woke af.
Not the author of the same name, sorry! You should probably check out his books if you like crime thrillers though :)
Greg R. Buchanan @gregbuchananwriter.com Bestselling Novelist. Writer of Video Games & TTRPGs. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
NO MAN'S SKY | SIXTEEN HORSES | DARK SOULS: EYES OF DEATH | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
gregbuchananwriter.com
Lucie Whitehouse @luciewhitehouse.bsky.social Writer of the Robin Lyons crime series and psych suspense including Before We Met. Englishwoman in Brooklyn. 
Laura Sherlock @laurasherlock21.bsky.social Book publicist with a penchant for crime and thriller...
Suzy A @suzyaspleybooks.bsky.social Crime writer. Geordie in Scotland with a dash of Danish. Debut novel Crow Moon out. Shortlisted for good stuff. @OrendaBooks Agent Euan Thorneycroft @AMHeath ๐ค๐ซ๐
Sarah J.Harris @sarahjharris.bsky.social Author of Meet Me On The Bridge, The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder and One Ordinary Day At A Time. Writes YA as Sarah Wishart - Four Good Liars and The Murder Hypothesis
Book and charity shop lover, karate black belt!
Arne Dahl @arnedahl.bsky.social Swedish crime fiction writer, among other things. Sometimes even someone else - and a TV series.
Charlaine Harris @realcharlaine.bsky.social New York Times Best Selling Author and lover of books ๐ The latest release in my Gunnie Rose series #TheLastWizardsBall is out everywhere NOWโผ๏ธโจ
charlaineharris.com - Official Website
@RealCharlaine - Instagram
Charlaine Harris - FB
David Baldacci @davidbaldacci.bsky.social 
Don Winslow @donwinslow.bsky.social 
Harlan Coben @harlancoben.bsky.social Next Netflix series: I WILL FIND YOU
Next book: PLOT TWIST: A Memoir
HarlanCoben.com
John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social Writer, friend to dogs, booksellers, and wine merchants. Charlie Parker returns in A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD, May 5 (Australia/NZ), May 7 (Ireland/UK), and June 2 (US/Canada)
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/
Karin Slaughter @karinslaughter.com Internationally bestselling thriller writer. Watch WILL TRENT on ABC/streaming on Hulu. Watch PIECES OF HER on Netflix.
Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Thick 'n Creamy since 1925, muting mansplainers since 2010, (cheerfully) uncoupled since February 2020. I am too a Merry Sunshine.
Linwood Barclay @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social Writer, former trailer park operator