Elly Griffiths wrote four novels under her own name (Domenica de Rosa) before turning to crime with The Crossing Places, the first novel featuring forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway. The Crossing Places won the Mary Higgins Clark award and three novels in the series have been shortlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year. The Lantern Men (Ruth #12, published in February 2020) was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller and was recently longlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger. Elly also writes the Brighton Mysteries, set in the theatrical world of the 1950s. In 2016 Elly was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work. Her first standalone mystery, The Stranger Diaries, won the 2020 Edgar award for Best Crime Novel. She also writes a children’s crime series, A Girl Called Justice.
“I keep coming back to the power of landscape.”
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