Frankie is heading up north to bring you all of the best bits from the Harrogate Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2024.

A HUGE thank you to the following folks for helping to make this wild ride of an episode happen:

Ruth Ware, Katie, Lisa and everyone at Ed PR, the whole team at Harrogate, Suk Pannu, T.M. Logan, J.M. Hall, Ian Moore, L.V. Matthews, Adam Simcox, Vaseem Khan, Imran Mahmood, Abir Mukherjee, Chris Frost, Ava Glass, Jack Jewers, Alice Bell and KFC.

Find out more about the Festival here: https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/crime-writing-festival/

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Frankie is on trial with Kate Foster, author of The King's Witches, to discuss the real history at the heart of her fiction, why stories of "witchcraft" endure and the mind-blowing true story that has inspired her next book.

Follow Kate on Instagram at @katefosterauthor and Twitter at @katefostermedia.

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Frankie has found Kellye Garrett, author of Missing White Woman, live and in-person to discuss her journey through writing, why she doesn't let trauma define her characters, her secret to the best mash potatoes and so much more!

Our conversation was recorded backstage at Capital Crime 2024, so please excuse the audio quality and background noise.

Follow Kellye on Instagram and Twitter at @kellyekell.

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Frankie is future-gazing with Jo Callaghan, author of In the Blink of an Eye and Leave No Trace, to discuss how much "luck" can play a part in publishing, the impact of AI on the industry and how to balance life and full-time job with writing.

Follow Jo on Twitter at @JoCallaghanKat.

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Frankie is going down under with Sally Hepworth, author of Darling Girls, to discuss the importance of positive representation of neurodivergence in literature, changing the conversation on "villains" and how she managed not to fold under the pressure of laundry-gate.

Follow Sally on Instagram at @sallyhepworth or visit her website at www.sallyhepworthauthor.com.

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Frankie is setting sail with the iconic Commander Kate Mosse, author of The Ghost Ship and so many more incredible books, to find out the inspiration behind the latest chapter in the Joubert Family Chronicles, how to build trust with your readers and her plans for a new genre direction.

Follow Kate on Twitter at @KateMosse and on Instagram at @katemossewriter

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Frankie will trent carefully as the legendary Karin Slaughter returns to discuss her latest book, This is Why We Lied, the art of creating complex characters, avoiding classic tropes and the importance of hope in crime stories.

Follow Karin on Twitter at @SlaughterKarin and on Instagram at @karinslaughterauthor.

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Frankie is painting the town dead with Ellery Lloyd (aka Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos), authors of The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby, as they discuss the art of truly collaborative writing, practical advice for historical research and the real artists that inspired their latest book.

Follow Ellery Lloyd on Twitter at @ElleryLloydAuthor and on Instagram at @ellerylloyd_author.

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