Events

Further Events will be added soon.

St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend

8 – 10 August 2025

Anna is the after dinner speaker at the St Hilda’s Gothic Crime weekend.

Tickets here

Bloody Scotland Festival, Stirling

11.30am, Sat 13 September 2025

Their Word Is Law event (as Anna Sharpe) with Kia Abdullah and Guy Morpuss at the Golden Lion Hotel.

Tickets here.

Murder One, Dublin

12pm, Sun 19 October 2025

The Devil’s in the Detail panel event.

Full details to follow.

Venice Noir

16 November 2025

Full details to follow, but website here.

Camberwell Talks

7pm, 3 March 2025

Notes on an Author talk at the Grove Tavern, Camberwell.

Tickets here.

News

The Book of Secrets wins The Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year!

Anna has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year, with the judges describing it as a ‘an expertly crafted, engrossing cat-and-mouse thriller’.

Double Dagger short listing for The Clockwork Girl

The Clockwork Girl has been shortlisted for both the Historical and Gold Daggers at the Crime Writers Association Awards 2023.

The Book of Secrets is a Times Historical Novel of the Month

Reviewer Nick Rennison has selected The Book of Secrets as his March pick of the month, calling it a ‘haunting, complex work of fiction.’

The House of Whispers wins Historical Crime Novel of the Year

The House of Whispers has won Historical Novel of the Year at the Fingerprint Awards 2024, which were presented at Capital Crime Festival on 30 May 2024.

Orion pre-empts two legal/political thrillers

Orion have pre-empted two legal/political thrillers from Anna under the name Anna Sharpe. The first, NOTES ON A DROWNING, will be published in January 2025.

Bookseller article

The House of Whispers is a Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year

The House of Whisper has been listed as one of twelve historical novels of 2023 by The Times and Sunday Times.

The House of Whispers is a Waterstones Bestseller

The House of Whispers reached number 7 in the Saturday Times Chart.

Genevieve Gaunt to narrate The Book of Secrets

Actor Genevieve Gaunt (winner of the Earphone Awards for her narration of The Marriage Portrait), will narrate Anna’s forthcoming novel, The Book of Secrets. Out 21 March 2024.

The Clockwork Girl is a bestseller

The Clockwork Girl reached Number10 in the Bookseller Original Fiction list and number 11 in the Sunday Times List.

Champagne Give-away

Champagne and Charbonnel Chocs Prize Draw!

The Story Keeper long listed for the Highland Book Prize

Anna's second novel, The Story Keeper, has been longlisted for The Highland Book Prize, together with Val McDermid and Andrew Miller. The shortlist will be announced in March. BBC news article