Frances Brody is the author of twelve Kate Shackleton mysteries and three historical novels. Frances began her writing career in radio and has also written for theatre and television. Her novel Sisters on Bread Street won the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award. A Woman Unknown was shortlisted for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Nottingham Playhouse. Jehad was nominated for a Time Out Award. Frances lived in New York for a time before studying at Ruskin College, Oxford, and reading English Literature and History at York University. Visit Frances Brody online at www.francesbrody.com
Praise for Frances Brody: Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers * Daily Mail * Has a charm, and mystery, all of its own * The Times * Brody's writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive -- Ann Cleeves Kate Shackleton is a splendid heroine -- Ann Granger With a competent, dynamic and likeable heroine, and an environment packed with stories great and small, it's hard to see how this series would fail * Morning Star * Delightful * People's Friend * Frances Brody matches a heroine of free and independent spirit with a vivid evocation of time and place . . . a novel to cherish -- Barry Turner * Daily Mail *