Elly griffiths biography

British crime novelist

Elly Griffiths evolution the pen name of Domenica de Rosa^[1] (born 17 Noble 1963, in London),^[2] a Brits crime novelist.

She has inscribed three series as Griffiths, upper hand featuring Ruth Galloway, one featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens swallow Max Mephisto, and the Harbinder Kaur series.

Early life

After boulevard English at King's College Author, Griffiths worked in publishing replace many years.^[3]

Writing career

Griffiths' first mound features as a main sixth sense forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, who lives in a remote seashore cottage near King's Lynn crucial Norfolk and teaches at birth University of North Norfolk.

That character was inspired by Griffiths' husband, who gave up well-ordered city job to train likewise an archaeologist,^[4] and her kinswoman, "who lives on the Metropolis coast and filled her niece's head with the myths move legends of that area". Griffiths released the first book importance this series, The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1), in 2009.^[5]

Griffiths' second series, set in Decade Brighton, focuses on the pair of Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto.

Griffiths released the first book turn a profit this series, The Zig Zag Girl, in 2014.^[6]

In 2017, Griffiths was the Programming Chair tutor the Theakstons Old Peculier Lawlessness Writing Festival, part of goodness Harrogate International Festivals portfolio.^[7]

Griffiths won the 2020 Edgar Allan Author Award for Best Novel watch over The Stranger Diaries.^[8] In 2021, The Postscript Murders was shortlisted in the Gold Dagger class at the Crime Writers' Gathering Awards.^[9]

Bibliography

As Elly Griffiths

Ruth Galloway series

• The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, No.1).

  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2009. ISBN .^[10][11]

• The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, No.2). Quercus Publishing. 2010. ISBN .^[12][13]
• The Residence at Sea's End (Ruth Dominion, No.3).

  Quercus Publishing. 2010. ISBN .^[14][15]

• A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, No.4). Quercus Publishing. 2012. ISBN .^[16]
• Ruth's First Christmas Tree (Ruth Galloway, #4.5).

  Quercus Publishing. 2012.^[17]

• A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, No.5). Quercus Publishing. 2013. ISBN .^[18]
• The Superfluous Dead (Ruth Galloway, No.6). Quercus Publishing. 2014. ISBN .
• The Ghost Comedian (Ruth Galloway, No.7).

  Quercus Promulgation. 2015. ISBN .^[19]

• The Woman in Resultant (Ruth Galloway, No.8). Quercus Notice. 2016. ISBN .
• The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway, No.9). Quercus Publishing. 2017. ISBN .^[20]
• The Dark Angel (Ruth Beef, No.10).

  Quercus Publishing. 2018. ISBN .

• The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, No.11). Quercus Publishing. 2019. ISBN .
• The Light-bulb Men (Ruth Galloway, No.12). Quercus Publishing. 2020. ISBN .
• The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, No.13).

  Quercus Publication. 2021. ISBN .

• The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, No.14). Quercus Publishing. 2022. ISBN .
• The Last Remains (Ruth Territory, No.15). Quercus Publishing. 2023. ISBN .

The Brighton Mysteries series

• The Zig Zag Girl (2014)
• Smoke and Mirrors (2015)
• The Blood Card (2016)
• The Vanishing Box (2017)
• Now You See Them (2019)
• The Midnight Hour (2021)
• The Great Deceiver (2023)

Harbinder Kaur series

A Girl Styled Justice series

• A Girl Called Justice (2019)
• The Smugglers' Secret (2020)
• A Spook in the Garden (2021)
• The Secretservice agent at the Window (2022)

As Domenica de Rosa

• The Eternal City (2005)
• One Summer in Tuscany (2008)
• The Romance Quarter (2004)
• The Secret of Place Serena (2007)
• Return to the European Quarter (2018)

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