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I live just outside Edinburgh with my husband, three kids, and a fat black pug. Born in a colliery village in the North East of England, I cut my literary teeth on the great storytellers of the 70's - Wilbur Smith, Frank Yerby and Mary Renault. I began my writing career as an advertising copywriter, and have since had novels published by Random House, HarperCollins and – most recently, the magnificent Inkubator Books. I also write for tv.   

 

I enjoy psychological thrillers and crime fiction of all kinds, from the coziest of cozies to the blackest of noirs.

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I also write historical crime, under the pen name JJ Durham, and cozy crime, under the pen name Jan Durham 

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