Beyond the Book Festival
A book and writing festival curated by Brighton authors. Early bird tickets available now for a limited time. COMING 10 MAY 2025.
https://www.beyondthebookfestival.org/
@aptshadow.bsky.social
Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
@bigbeardedbookseller.com
a shambling lump of ennui with a beard, tattoos, and a cat https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.uk https://www.ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
@laurenbeukes.com
Novelist, TV writer, comics writer and recovering journalist. Winner of the Arthur C Clarke and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Author of The Shining Girls (now on Apple TV) Zoo City and multiverse-lost-mother-thriller, BRIDGE - out now
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
@sarahpinborough.bsky.social
Author and screenwriter. Sunday Times #1, & NYT Bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES on Netflix and INSOMNIA on Paramount+. Ted owner. WE LIVE HERE NOW coming Summer of 2025
@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
@nadinematheson.com
Bestselling Author👩🏾💻 | Host of ‘The Conversation’ Podcast 🎙️| All Views My Own 💬 www.nadinematheson.com Podcast: apple.co/3RSKsxK |Spotify spoti.fi/3DVDB0G 🌳https://linktr.ee/Nadine_Matheson 📚 THE KILL LIST( An Inspector Henley Thriller: Book 3) Out Now
@janecasey.bsky.social
Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and The Killing Kind (now on TV!). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
@meganabbott.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com
@liznugent.bsky.social
No relation to Ted. Writer and rewriter. Sister and resister. Scullery maid to the House of Goldblatt. Strange Sally Diamond in all good bookstores now. And even the bad ones. Ha! As if there was such a thing as a bad bookstore. www.liznugent.com
@andrewhunterm.bsky.social
Author (A Beginner’s Guide To Breaking And Entering OUT NOW); No Such Thing As A Fish co-host, Private Eye joke-writer, Naked Week host. Agents are RCW (books) and The Agency (showbiz bébé).
@alafairburke.bsky.social
Criminal law professor. NYT bestselling author of 20+ crime novels. I like dogs and food (separately). Www.alafairburke.com. New book is THE NOTE–you should get it.
@catrionaward.bsky.social
USA Today bestselling author of LOOKING GLASS SOUND 🪞💀🪞, THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL & more Rep @jennysavill1 & @RStrausAgency Film/TV @mldean_& @unitedtalent
@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
@dorothykoomson.bsky.social
📚Award-winning, Sunday Times Bestselling Author | Writer ✍🏾 l Reader 📖 | TV & Film Lover 📺 | Podcaster 🎙️| Latest book Every Smile You Fake out now 📚⚡️
@radiomukhers.bsky.social
Author. Scottish, Bengali, generally confused. “The Godfather of Anglo-Asian Crime Writing” (Daily Express) Rep’d by @stubbleagent From Glasgow. BlueSky is not a concept we’re familiar with. More here: abirmukherjee.com
@joncg.bsky.social
Maltese born, Edinburgh novelist. Lapsed journalist. Recently did PhD. Writes as Jonathan Grimwood, Jack G & Jon Courtenay G. Owns cat that’s a drug addict. he/him ‘Triumphant…’ FT http://jonathangrimwood.com http://jackgrimwood.com http://j-cg.co.uk
@loreleiking.bsky.social
Actress, narrator, writer, loves ancient Greek. Charity ambassador for DementiaUK. Covid bereaved. Volunteer at the National Covid Memorial Wall. Immigrant.
@laurennorthauthor.bsky.social
Psychological thriller/suspense author and Book Club Thriller author as L.C. North. Love reading, cockerpoos, coffee, running and chatting about writing
@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
@dvbishop.com
Writes Cesare Aldo historical thrillers, set in Renaissance Italy • CARNIVAL OF LIES out 26.05.25 • Buy my books: https://linktr.ee/D.V.Bishop • Free newsletter: https://dvbishop.substack.com • Rep: @jennybrownagency.bsky.social • Ex-Tharg
@mygoditsraining.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, maker. Novels: The Hunter (Headline, 2018), The Survivor (Minotaur, coming Spring 2026). Repped by Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment
@martynwaites.bsky.social
Writer. Crime. Horror. Doctor Who for Big Finish. Was once Tania Carver. New novel THE OTHER PEOPLE out under the CB Everett name spring 2025. Agent: James Wills at Watson Little. #MDANT and proud of it.
@michaelconnelly.bsky.social
Bestselling author of the Harry Bosch, Mickey Haller, Renée Ballard, and Jack McEvoy series. Run by his social media manager.
@brookmyre.bsky.social
Author. One half of Ambrose Parry. One sixth of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers.
@sarahhilary.bsky.social
'Downright dangerous' (Mick Herron). Crime writer. SHARP GLASS out now. ND. She/her.
@holly.bsky.social
Author. Former journalist. 59 MINUTES out in 2025 (🇬🇧and 🇺🇸) Honest Authors pod. Repped by C&W/UTA. Let’s hope this place works out, eh.
@rowancoleman.bsky.social
Sunday Times and NYT best selling novelist and screenwriter. FROM UNTIL FOREVER (UK) coming 3/7/25 Also Stella Hayward THE GOOD BOY coming 8/7/25 (US) Loves Brontes. Loves Horror. Loves dogs. #ADHD #Dyslexic she/her. Supports 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️rights. Fan of equality.
@emmaflint.bsky.social
Writer. Awkward but terribly keen. LITTLE DEATHS | OTHER WOMEN Books, history, coffee, cats, stories, gin 🐈⬛ 📚 Agent: Antony Topping Longlisted: Women’s Prize | CWA Gold Dagger | Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year | Guardian Not The Booker
@callytaylor.bsky.social
British crime author. Sunday Times bestseller. Richard & Judy pick. Mum, dog owner, knitter, crocheter, maker, watches a lot of TV.
@wurdsmyth.bsky.social
Writer, singer songwriter and sparkly little optimist in a dark, dark world... Six-times Sunday Times Bestseller, vlogger, podcaster and million-copy-seller. Also daft!
@nikkismithauthor.bsky.social
Author of thrillers. Published by Viking, Penguin. Books: Sophie Lambert at C&W. TV/Film: Luke Speed at SLTM. THE GUESTS out now, THEY HAD IT COMING out May ‘25 Co-host of podcast IN SUSPENSE https://linktr.ee/nikkismithauthor
@philippaeast.bsky.social
Novelist. #LittleWhiteLies💛 #SafeAndSound❤️ #IllNeverTell💗 #AGuiltySecret🧡 pubbed by HQ/HarperCollins. Lives in Lincolnshire, has a cat. Clinical Psychologist by day.
@dremmalk.bsky.social
Author & psychologist specialising in how the brain works when the world gets extreme. Can be found rambling about trauma, psychology, neuroscience, books & dogs. The dog bit is the best bit. Is occasionally sarcastic.
@juliecohen.bsky.social
Author. Immigrant. Queer. Owned by dog. Usually quite pissed off, but like in a funny way. New novel EAT SLAY LOVE out now in U.K. and in U.S. 🔪🔪🔪 Next novel: BODY COUNT (August ‘25)
@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
@willcarver.bsky.social
Award-losing writer. Drinker. Non-preachy vegan. KILL THEM WITH KINDNESS, June ‘25.
@nickquantrill.bsky.social
Writer of crime novels and does Hull Noir. Will also contain football and moaning. #MDANT "Cast No Shadow" out now via Black Spring Press.
@sineadcrowley.bsky.social
Reader, writer, talker, listener. Yes that's me in both pictures
@cmacwritescrime.bsky.social
Author: Erika Piper, Stonebridge, Little Ghost. THE KILLER’S CHRISTMAS LIST. Represented by David Headley. Co-founder of Stockport Noir.
@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.
@alexandrakbenedict.bsky.social
Also A K Benedict. Internationally bestselling writer of crime/strange/spooky novels, stories and scripts. Pan, audhd. MURDER ON THE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS. THE CHRISTMAS JIGSAW MURDERS. LITTLE RED DEATH out Feb 2025 from S&S. Agent @dianabeaumont.bsky.social
@susiholliday.bsky.social
Scottish crime/thriller author and horror fan. Not currently spending time on here 🤷🏻♀️ https://linktr.ee/susiholliday