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Dead East: the Anglian Crime Authors Collective
From cozy mystery to macabre murder, the authors at Dead East write novels and short fiction to tease, puzzle and chill. All of our authors are fully accredited members of the Crime Writers Association.
Who we are
Keith Brooke is the author of fourteen novels, seven collections, and more than a hundred short stories; his novel alt.human (published in the US as Harmony) was shortlisted for the Philip K Dick Award and his story "War 3.01" was shortlisted for the Seiun Award. His crime fiction has been published widely in anthologies and magazines around the world and Wormhole, his crime-SF mash-up novel written with Eric Brown, was published in 2022.
Robert Chandler is a Scottish-born, Norwich-based, writer. He’s lived in Norfolk for several years, and has also resided in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Vancouver, Seattle, and (not to be mentioned too much in his home county), Ipswich in Suffolk. His background includes English, Irish, Eastern European, Jewish, and, according to Ancestry DNA, Welsh. In addition to his novels, he’s written several award-winning short stories, articles for technology and music magazines, and also a play. Some of these were written using his alter ego, Iain Andrews.
Sean Enright. Formerly in practice at the criminal bar for 25 years. Junior counsel to Major Ingram at his trial (Who Wants to be a Millionaire). Defended many gangland trials such as the Heathrow Bullion Raid. Also defended many murder trials including the trial of Robert Stewart for a murder committed at Feltham Young Offenders. Acted as counsel in the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. Wrote Easter Rising 1916: The Trials (Merrion Press) and The Irish Civil War.
Charlie Flowers was born in Eastern Europe sometime in the late Sixties and arrived with his family in Britain in 1975. After training as a journalist in London he had a varied career as reporter, roadie, truck driver and record label boss. In the late Nineties he formed two cult bands, and is currently an adviser on terrorism and extremism to certain departments and think tanks. Charlie Flowers is a member of the Crime Writers' Association, the Society of Authors, and International Thriller Writers, Inc., and is published by Lume Books and Black Dove Books.
Nick Guthrie’s short fiction has sold to several top magazines and anthologies, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and Black Cat Weekly. Under other writing names, he is the author of more than fifty books. His work has been shortlisted for various awards, and optioned for the movies, and he has been described by the Sunday Express as "The king of children's horror". You can find out more about Nick and his work at www.nickguthrie.co.uk
PN Johnson. As a TV Newsreader, Reporter and Producer for both BBC East and ITV Anglia, Phil Johnson covered everything from tracking down criminals in Spain and going on high-octane police chases, to interviewing pop stars, politicians and celebrities. Phil was also the face and voice of Crimestoppers in the eastern region for many years and created the successful TV series: 999 Frontline. Now living near Norwich, England, Phil loves music, travelling, walking, and sailing, and bringing exciting new characters with amazing stories to the page. His style is crime mystery meets fast action thriller, where, however bad it gets, his heroes will always win through in the end.
Michelle Kidd is known for the DI Jack MacIntosh series of books set in London, and also the DI Nicki Hardcastle series set in her current hometown of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Michelle started out as a legal executive specialising in criminal and civil litigation, then spent 17 years working for the NHS, before leaving in 2025 to write full-time. Apart from her writing, her interests include reading, wine and cats – although not necessarily in that order…
Theo Harris is an emerging author of crime action novels. He was born in London, raised in London, and became a cop in London. Having served as a police officer in the Metropolitan Police service for thirty years, he witnessed and experienced the underbelly of a capital city that you are never supposed to see. Theo was a specialist officer for twenty-seven of the thirty years and went on to work in departments that dealt with serious crimes of all types. Theo has many stories to tell, starting with the ‘Summary Justice’ series featuring DC Kendra March, and will follow with many more innovative, interesting, and fast-paced stories for many years to come.
Heather Peck is the multi award-winning author of the DCI Geldard Norfolk Mysteries and winner of the 2024 Page Turner Award for best crime novel, Milestones. She has been both agricultural policy adviser and farmer, NHS Trust Chair and volunteer vaccinator. She lives in Norfolk with her partner and a menagerie of dogs, cats, hens and a rabbit.
Gary Powell is a former London detective who retired in 2011. Most of his career was spent on the Anti-Terrorist Branch at Scotland Yard and national surveillance teams. Following retirement he now lives in North Norfolk. He started writing true crime books in 2012 and has had three such books published as well as a social history of London’s squares. He is a public speaker in the East of England and a guide at St Paul’s Cathedral. Gary has now published his first crime novel Mind the Killer set on the London Underground, investigated by the British Transport Police.
Kathryn Skoyles grew up in Norfolk but left to study law in London and then Australia. She practised as a solicitor in London, first as a partner in a City law firm and then as General Counsel for an international insurance services group. She took early retirement in 2007 and returned to Norwich where she has been involved in a variety of voluntary, educational and charitable organisations.
Julia Stone is a writer of psychological suspense and her debut, Her Little Secret, was published by Orion-Dash in September 2021. Her second novel The Accident was published October 2022. Julia has a background in business psychology and previously worked as a director/partner in two management consultancies. She’s also a registered psychotherapist and coaching psychologist. (And she’d like to reassure you that she is nothing like the therapist in her novel!) Following cancer treatment, she decided to take a break from the business world and direct her energies towards her creative side, studying art, then script and novel writing. She now runs her own coaching and therapy business part-time, where she helps other creative people work on the emotional challenges and limiting beliefs that are getting in the way of their writing or artistic ambitions. She also runs classes in her ceramic studio where local friends get the chance to get creative with clay and once a week she volunteers at a centre for the disabled teaching ceramics. She lives in rural Suffolk with her partner and varying numbers of ducks, muntjac and moorhens.
