THEY nominated him for an award and next week, top crime writer Steve Mosby will be in Marsden to tell his supporters just how it feels to be a winner.
Marsden Library was one of the libraries which put forward Steve’s name for the Crime Writer’s Association (CWA) Dagger in the Library Award.
Sixty authors were nominated by libraries from across the UK and Steve beat a short-list of six to win the prize which was announced at an awards’ ceremony in London.
Steve will be in Marsden library next Thursday (July 26) to talk about his latest book, Dark Room.
He might just be persuaded to talk about how it feels to have won such a prestigious award.
The judges were clearly bowled over by his work.
“Steve’s plots can be dark, but we found the ingenuity of the stories and the humanity of his characters quite uplifting,” said the judges.
“We enjoyed the variety in his work and relished his ability to spin really good yarns which creeped us out in no small measure.
“It would be a mistake to start one of his books late in the evening because your chances of getting to sleep at a reasonable time are slight – the books are too involving, and the characters too interesting to enable you to easily shut the book and come back tomorrow.
“We were delighted to discover this author that none of us had been familiar with before – this is the joy of the nominations that come in from libraries, where so much avid crime reading gets done.”
Steve Mosby lives and works in Leeds. He is the author of The Third Person, The Cutting Crew, The 50/50 Killer, Cry For Help, Still Bleeding, Black Flowers and, most recently, Dark Room which is new out this month.
His novels have been translated widely and longlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year Award.
He is currently author of the month at Marsden Library who nominated Steve on the advice of one of their borrowers.
Dark Room tells the tale of Detective Inspector Andrew Hicks who thinks he knows all about murder, until he is faced with this latest chilling case.
Steve returns to the area when he joins forces with another popular crime writer Mark Billingham on Friday, August 17, at 7.30pm at Huddersfield Town Hall. Tickets on sale soon priced at £2 via Kirklees Booking Offices.
