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.
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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)
# 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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