Bestselling crime novelist Peter James to speak at Winchester Writers’ Conference

Peter James [Photo Maxim Aryukov]

The University of Winchester is proud to announce that the acclaimed British author and film producer Peter James will be a key speaker at the 29th Winchester Writers’ Conference, Festival and Bookfair at The Stripe on the weekend of 3-5 July.

“I am very much looking forward to speaking at this major international event,” said Peter, whose Roy Grace crime novels have sold over two million copies worldwide. “I think it is terrific how the conference goes from strength to strength.”

The author will lead a team of more than 60 novelists, poets, playwrights, literary agents, commissioning editors and book industry specialist who will give workshops, lectures, seminars and one-to-one appointments at this year’s festival of writing.

A Criminal Way with Words on Saturday 4 July will outline Peter’s journey to becoming a writer, highlighting the importance careful research plays in his work.

“Research is vital for my work,” explained the novelist. “I spend an average of one day a week out with the police, all year round.”

Peter will also talk about the extent that crime writing has changed from the days of Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, pinpointing the extensive marketing opportunities that exist for crime writers today.

His novels have been translated into 30 languages, including most recently Croatian and Hebrew. In 2008 Not Dead Enough was shortlisted for ITV Crime Thriller Author of the Year, in 2007 Looking Good Dead was shortlisted for the Galaxy British Book Awards BCA Crime Thriller of the Year, in 2005 he won the Krimi Blitz Crime Writer of the Year award in Germany, and in 2006 Dead Simple won Le Prix Polar Noir in France.

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