List Of Writers

ASHFORD, LINDSAY

Website: http://www.lindsayashford.co.uk/
Email: post@lindsayashford.co.uk

Lindsay Ashford is a former BBC journalist and the first woman to graduate from Queen’s College Cambridge with a degree in criminology. Originally from Wolverhampton, she now lives in Borth, West Wales and has four children. Her short stories have been published by Honno and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Lindsay has published three novels in the Megan Rhys Series: Frozen (Honno, 2003), Strange Blood (Honno, 2005) and Death Studies (Honno, 2006). Strange Blood was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2006. She has recently published a fourth novel in the series, entitled The Killer Inside, and is due to release a fifth in 2009.

Reviews:

"…Ashford’s excellent understanding of society gives this exciting book an added depth…"
Big Issue Magazine

"…Patricia Cornwell has patented the persona of the doughty heroine who bucks the system, but…Ashford is closer to her personal demons…"
Guardian


Selected Publications:
Frozen (Honno, 2003)
Strange Blood (Honno, 2005)
Death Studies (Honno, 2006)
The Rubber Woman (Quick Reads) (Accent, 2007)
The Killer Inside (Honno, 2008)
Written in Blood (Honno, 2009)

Contributed to:
Catwoman from Hell (contributor) (Honno, 2000)
The Woman Who Loved Cucumbers (contributor) (Honno, 2002)
Mirror Mirror (contributor) (Honno, 2004)
Strange Days Indeed: The Untold Stories of Motherhood (co–editor) (Honno, 2007)