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Cath Staincliffe

BIOGRAPHY

Cath Staincliffe is the creator of the acclaimed Sal Kilkenny mysteries. Looking For Trouble launched private eye Sal: a single parent struggling to juggle work and home, onto Manchester’s mean streets. It was short-listed for the CWA best first novel award and serialised on BBC, Radio 4, Woman’s Hour. The sixth and latest mystery is Bitter Blue. Cath is also a scriptwriter, creator of Granada Television’s hit police series, Blue Murder, starring Caroline Quentin. She is a founder member of Murder Squad, a collective of crime writers who promote their work through readings, workshops and events.

WEBSITE

www.murdersquad.co.uk

GENRE

Fiction, Crime Fiction, Screenwriting, Short Stories

PUBLICATIONS | PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Sal Kilkenny mysteries:

Looking For Trouble (Crocus)

Go Not Gently, (Headline)

Dead Wrong, (Headline)

Stone Cold Red Hot, (Allison & Busby)

Towers Of Silence, (Allison & Busby)

Bitter Blue (Allison & Busby)

# Blue Murder novels:

Blue Murder: Cry Me A River (Allison & Busby)

# Other novels:

Trio (Severn House)

# Short story contributor:

City Life Book Of Manchester Short Stories (Penguin)

Murder Squad (Flambard)

Northern Blood 3 (Countyvise)

www.the-phone-book.com

# Non fiction contributor:

’Playing With Fire’ - Art on the Streets of Manchester (MIA)

The Mancunian Way (Clinamen Press)

WORKSHOP | READINGS EXPERIENCE","REFERENCE/S

Extensive experience of workshops, readings and events

REFERENCE/S

Cathy Bolton, Commonword, 6 Mount St, Manchester, M2 5NS Tel: 0161 832 3777

GROUP SIZE PREFERENCE

Negotiable

GROUP AGE PREFERENCE

Any

WORKING LANGUAGE/S

English

AREA/S PREPARED TO TRAVEL

Greater Manchester, Cheshire

OTHER INFORMATION

Limited availability due to other commitments

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