The
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is thrilled to announce its 2020
Special Guests at the world’s largest and most prestigious crime fiction
festival.
Crime
writing royalty Martina Cole, Mark Billingham, Lisa Gardner, Kathy Reichs, Elly Griffiths, Mick Herron and Michael Connelly will be appearing as part of the
killer line-up curated by this year’s Festival Programming Chair and Rebus
author, Ian Rankin OBE.
From
23-26 July, Harrogate’s Old Swan Hotel – the legendary scene of Agatha Christie's
mysterious disappearance in 1926 – will welcome over 100 world famous authors
for a celebration of the crime genre like no other.
Returning
for its 18th instalment, the award-winning Festival is established as a
literary phenomenon, attracting an international audience to see the best in
the business and the most exciting new talent as part of an unmissable
programme of creative workshops, once in a lifetime talks and unique panels.
Joining
fiction titan Ian Rankin at this year’s Festival will be No. 1 bestseller Martina
Cole will be sharing the stories behind her iconic career as the undisputed
Queen of Crime; Kathy Reichs will introduce A Conspiracy of Bones, the riveting
new thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan; and Festival
favourite Mark Billingham returns to Harrogate to celebrate 20 years of Tom
Thorne, one of British crime fiction's most iconic detectives.
Michael
Connelly, the international phenomenon with over 74 million copies sold
worldwide, touches down in the UK to share his latest unputdownable thriller
featuring veteran reporter Jack McEvoy, Fair Warning; the master of
psychological suspense Lisa Gardner will give the Harrogate audience an insight
into the twists and turns of When You See Me; Elly Griffiths is set to reveal
the secrets behind her much-loved Dr Ruth Galloway mystery series; and Mick
Herron will mark ten years of his award-winning spy sensation Slough House and
introduce his new novella set in the same world, The Catch.
The
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival forms part of the diverse
year-round portfolio curated by the charitable organisation Harrogate
International Festivals, delivered with the mission to bring immersive and
moving cultural experiences to as many people as possible.
Booking: Rover Tickets – including Weekend, Friday and Saturday – are now on sale, along with Weekend Break Packages. For more information and to book tickets, please call +44(0)1423 562 303 or email crime@harrogate-festival.org.uk.
*** The full programme line-up will be announced on 2nd April
2020***
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