Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the Wyndham & Banerjee novels set in colonial-era India. His books have been translated into fifteen languages and won various awards including the CWA Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Européen and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing. His first standalone thriller, Hunted was a Sunday Times Book of the Month and was chosen by the Washington Post as one of the ten best thrillers of 2024. He also co-hosts the Red Hot Chilli Writers – Murder Junction podcast which takes a wry look at the world of books, writing, crime and the creative arts.
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Carolyn trained at The Slade, and although originally a painter, she has made Artists’ Books for over 20 years. Her work appears in individual and institutional collections across the UK, Europe, and USA, including the V&A National Art Library, British Library, Tate, USA University Library special collections and Library of Congress, and she shows regularly at the Oxford Fine Press Fair. Carolyn has also written two books, both about women artists. Her first book Art for Life: The Story of Peggy Angus was published in 2004. Her second, her acclaimed book British Women Artists from Suffrage to the Sixties, first published in 2019 is now out in paperback. The Guardian has described the book as: “diligent, detailed and full of surprises”. Carolyn lives and works in Lewes.
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