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Authors

The full programme for the 2012 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival will be announced in Spring 2012.

2012 Special Guests

2012 Programming Chair Mark Billingham

Harlan Coben

John Connolly

Peter James

Kate Mosse

Jo Nesbo

Ian Rankin

Peter Robinson

Special Guest authors include Harlan Coben, John Connolly, Peter James, Kate Mosse, Jo Nesbo, Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson. 2012 marks the tenth crime writing Festival in Harrogate and, as part of the celebrations, Mark Billingham returns as Programming Chair. Mark first chaired the Festival in 2006.

Authors also appearing…

Names confirmed so far, with more to follow in the next few weeks. Check back for the latest updates.

Ben Aaronovitch
Megan Abbott
NJ Cooper
Neil Cross
Julia Crouch
Charles Cumming
Mark Edwards & Louise Voss
Gillian Flynn
Barry Forshaw
Christopher Fowler
Penny Hancock
Mari Hannah
Oliver Harris
John Harvey
Elizabeth Haynes
Antonio Hill
Jillianne Hoffmann
Gregg Hurwitz
Ryan David Jahn
Paul Johnston
Danuta Kean
Camilla Lackberg
Mark Lawson
Stephen Leather
Simon Lelic
Laura Lippman
Stuart MacBride
David Mark
Liza Marklund
Val McDermid
Deon Meyer
Chris Mooney
Chris Morgan Jones
Steve Mosby
Jenni Murray
Stuart Neville
Margie Orford
David Quantick
Kate Rhodes
David Roberts
Boris Starling
Charles Stross
Henry Sutton
Tony Thompson
Nicola Upson
Tim Weaver
Amanda Kyle Williams
Robert Wilson

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2011 Archive

To whet your appetite until details of the 2012 Festival programme are released, you can read what happened at the 2011 Festival here, find out which authors took part here, listen to audio clips of events here, and browse the photo gallery here.

Information about other recent Festivals can be found on our archive pages.