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 |
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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 ArchiveTo 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. |














