M. W. CravenAgent: David H Headley
Multi-award winning author M. W. Craven was born in Carlisle but grew up in Newcastle.
He joined the army at sixteen, leaving ten years later to complete a social work degree. Seventeen years after taking up a probation officer role in Cumbria, at the rank of assistant chief officer, he became a full-time author. The Puppet Show, the first book in his Cumbria-set Washington Poe series, was published by Little, Brown in 2018 and went on to win the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger in 2019. Black Summer, the second in the series, was longlisted for the 2020 Gold Dagger. Most recently, the fourth in the series, Dead Ground, won the CWA Gold Dagger 2022. In summer 2022, it was announced that Craven would be penning a new series starring Ben Koenig, beginning with Fearless, which was subsequently released in June 2023. © Gary Barton |
Books by M. W. Craven
Other books by Mike Craven
DI Avison Fluke series (Caffeine Nights)
DI Avison Fluke series (Caffeine Nights)
- Assume Nothing, Believe Nobody, Challenge Everything
News
Craven takes home Theakston's Prize - July 2023
The Curator Wins W&H Book Club Award - December 2020
Not the Booker Longlist 2020 - August 2020
Carlisle Author Wins Most Prestigious Award In Crime Writing - November 2019
Craven's The Puppet Show Snapped Up For TV - February 2018