Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleevesis a British crime-writer. In 2006 she won the inaugural Duncan Lawrie Dagger, the richest crime-writing prize in the world, for her novel Raven Black. Cleeves studied English at Sussex University but dropped out. She then took up various jobs including cook, auxiliary coastguard, probation officer, library outreach worker and child care officer. She lives in Whitley Bay...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
lots useful visiting
I lived in Shetland for a short while in the seventies and have been visiting ever since, so I have lots of useful contacts!
enclosed enjoy exploring guess nobody privacy secrets small talks work
I write traditional drama, and the small enclosed communities work well with this form. I enjoy exploring secrets. On small islands, privacy is important, and there are secrets that everyone can guess but nobody talks about.
bleak dropped minute sanctuary visited
Shetland has always been a place of sanctuary for me. I visited when I dropped out of university, and I just loved it from the minute I got there. It's a bleak but very beautiful place.