The Long Road to Publication

About the Event

Author James Ellson talks about his twin careers of detective and crime writer.

James Ellson was a police officer in the UK for 15 years, starting in London and finishing as a Detective Inspector at Moss Side in Manchester. When he left the police he started writing. He is also a keen mountaineer.

His debut novel The Trail was published in 2020, and the sequel Cold Dawn in 2022. Both were longlisted for the Boardman Tasker award. Cold Summer, third in the DCI Castle series is just out!

James lives in the Peak District with his wife, and manages their smallholding, which includes bees and an orchard.

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