Val McDermid
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
@badsvillebroad.bsky.social
Love dark, warped humorous crime fiction; historical fiction; film noir; punk. Author of crime fiction and historical fiction. #author #crimefiction #mysteryfiction #historicalfiction #filmnoir #punkrock #books https://www.donnamooreauthor.com/
@william1shaw.bsky.social
Writes books. Lives in Glenbeigh, co Kerry. Mostly. williamshaw.com
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social
Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
@cathstaincliffe.bsky.social
Crime writer – novels, radio, TV, to-do lists. Reading junkie. Likes hill-walks, mum dancing, pootling in the garden. She/her. Latest book Fire on the Fells.
@jamesoswald.scot
Author, cat slave, coo wrangler. Mostly posting as sirbenfro.bsky.social https://jamesoswald.co.uk
@brianmcgilloway.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter and PhD candidate. www.brianmcgilloway.com
@stellduffy.bsky.social
Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
@davidhheadley.bsky.social
M.D. DHH Literary Agency, Goldsboro Books & Capital Crime. Literary agent, award-winning bookseller & festival founder.
@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.
@callytaylor.bsky.social
British crime author. Sunday Times bestseller. Richard & Judy pick. Mum, dog owner, knitter, crocheter, maker, watches a lot of TV.
@edjamesauthor.bsky.social
Scottish crime author. Marshall, Fenchurch, Cullen, Dodds. Books: Linktr.ee/edjamesauthor
@williamryan.bsky.social
Writing books, reading books, eating quickly, cycling slowly, standing on hands. Sometimes all at once.
@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!
@tonykentwrites.bsky.social
Criminal barrister, ex-boxer & author of the bestselling Joe Dempsey / Michael Devlin thriller series. Co-founder of Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival Co-writer of The Revenge of Odessa alongside Frederick Forsyth Rep’d by Kerr MacRae (MacRae LPA)
@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.
@lewisgoodall.com
Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12. Website: lewisgoodall.com Email: [email protected] Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@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.
@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
@annamazz.bsky.social
Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe. Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
@susiholliday.bsky.social
Scottish crime/thriller author and horror fan. Not currently spending time on here 🤷🏻♀️ https://linktr.ee/susiholliday
@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.
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
@harlancoben.bsky.social
Next Netflix series: MISSING YOU Next novel: NOBODY’S FOOL HarlanCoben.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
@sharoncanavar.bsky.social
CE @HarrogateFestivals | Co Chair BAFA | books, music, fests | spinner, cake habit, slow runner
@baytales.bsky.social
Visit http://baytales.com Bay Tales Live 2026 happening in Whitley Bay on 28/02/26 tickets available now! Visit our website for the best tickets at the best price. £41.75 for the WHOLE DAY!
@lucaveste.bsky.social
I write about bad things that will *probably* never happen to you... Author of ten novels, bass player in the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers.
@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.
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
@peteralanross.bsky.social
New book, Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland, will be published by Headline on September 11, 2025.
@portyliterary.bsky.social
A literary agency based in Edinburgh. https://linktr.ee/portobelloliterary
@orendabooks.bsky.social
Indie publisher of bold, unforgettable international fiction, half in translation. Shortlisted IPG Best Newcomer 2015/16. CWA Crime & Mystery Publisher of the Year 2020. Nibbies Finalist Small Press of the Year. Visit us at www.orendabooks.co.uk.
@scottishgreens.org
For People. For Planet. 🌍 All posts are promoted by the Scottish Green Party, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@harkaway.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter. Mutinous mutterer. Husband of much better person. Father of similar. New Cal Sounder novel SLEEPER BEACH is OUT NOW. UK pb Karla’s Choice coming May 22nd. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. (He/him) www.linktr.ee/harkaway
@rfkuang.bsky.social
author, marshall scholar, phd @ Yale sinophone + asian american lit BABEL, YELLOWFACE, etc... https://linktr.ee/kuangrf
@brookmyre.bsky.social
Author. One half of Ambrose Parry. One sixth of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers.
@leerandall.bsky.social
Thwarted Madcap Heiress. Free-range book festival programmer, editor, writer, interviewer, reviewer, prize judge.
@margaretatwood.bsky.social
Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
@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