As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival Truman Books three crime-focussed author events in one sitting

3pm  – Cosy Crime with Josie Lloyd, JM Hall and Antony Johnston

5pm – Creating Kick-Ass Female Protagonists with Saima Mir and Lesley McEvoy

7pm – In conversation with Elly Griffiths

There are a number of ticket options with discounts if attending multiple author events on the day - please select the appropriate ticket for the sessions you want to attend.

Josie Lloyd, also writing as Joanna Rees, is the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling international author of over twenty novels and has been translated into 27 languages. Come Together, which she co-authored with her husband Emlyn Rees, was number one for 10 weeks and made into a Working Title film. Josie Lloyd recently wrote contemporary women’s fiction novels The Cancer Ladies Running Club and Lifesaving for Beginners, which was a #1 Bookseller Heatseeker. Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency is her first crime novel.

J.M. Hall is an author, playwright and now retired deputy head of a primary school. His plays have been produced in theatres across the UK as well as for radio, the most recent being Trust, starring Julie Hesmondhalgh on BBC Radio 4. Jonathon’s debut novel, A Spoonful of Murder is about retired primary school teachers who turn to sleuthing. In his second book, A Pen Dipped in Poison, the ladies are back at their usual table at the Thirsk Garden Centre café with a brand-new mystery to solve. In Jonathan’s latest release, A Clock Stopped Dead, good friend of the teachers, Marguerite claims to have uncovered a mysterious charity shop that has since vanished, they simply can’t resist investigating.

Antony Johnston is one of the most versatile writers of the modern era, with a body of work spanning books, film, graphic novels, videogames, and non-fiction. An award-winning author and New York Times bestseller, his creations include Atomic Blonde, The Dog Sitter Detective, the Brigitte Sharp thrillers, and many more.