Fans of cosy crime novels such as Richard Osman’s ‘Thursday Murder Club’ series are in for a treat on Sunday evening (27th April), when Medina Bookshop in Cowes will play host to a talk by best-selling novelist Marnie Riches.
In conversation with bookshop manager Paul Armfield, this will be an entertaining and instructive evening not only for those interested in writing stories but also for those who enjoy hearing them, for Marnies’s own journey follows a fascinating trajectory, and she tells a great story.
Marnie grew up on a rough estate in north Manchester. Exchanging the spires of nearby Strangeways prison for those of Cambridge University, she gained a Masters in German & Dutch. She has been a punk, a trainee rock star, a pretend artist and professional fundraiser. Aside from literary pursuits, gardening is her passion.
Marnie’s award-winning crime-thriller debut, The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die, is ten years old this spring, and in that decade she has become a bestselling contributor to the genre, with four critically acclaimed series and hundreds of thousands of books sold in the UK alone. The Gardeners’ Club – a must-read for Richard Osman fans – may be Marnie’s twelfth murder mystery, but it is her first foray into cosy crime…with a horticultural twist!
When she isn’t writing about murder most foul, Marnie teaches academic writing for the Royal Literary Fund. She has been a course tutor and supervisor for Cambridge University’s Masters in crime- and thriller-writing. She teaches crime-writing for New Writing North and has also taught the Faber Novel Writing Course. She also pens historical romance under the pseudonym, Maggie Campbell.
The talk begins at 19:00 on Sunday 27th April, tickets are £5 (refundable on the purchase of a book) from Medina Bookshop in person, by calling 01983 300044 or from their website An Evening In The Company Of Marnie Riches – Medina Book Shop. The audience is invited to bring their own refreshments.
