The Very Merry Murder Club

Abiola Bello is the author of the Carnegie-nominated fantasy series Emily Knight I am which also won London's Big Read 2019.

Maisie Chan is the British-born Chinese author of Stories From Around the World, a collection of fairy tales, myths and legends.

Benjamin Dean is a celebrity reporter for Buzzfeed and author of Waterstones Book of the Month Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow.

Nizrana Farook was born and raised in Sri Lanka, where the beautiful landscapes of the country have inspired her novels, The Girl Who Stole an Elephant and The Boy Who Met a Whale.

Roopa Farooki was born in Pakistan, and brought up in London. She is the author of the Double Detective mystery series and is an NHS doctor.

Sharna Jackson is the award-winning author of High-Rise Mystery and Mic Drop. High-Rise Mystery won both the Waterstones Book Prize and was Sunday Times Book of the Week.

Patrice Lawrence was brought up in an Italian-Trinidadian household in Sussex. Her highly-acclaimed novel, Orangeboy has won multiple awards.

Elle McNicoll is a Scottish Neurodivergent writer. Her novel, A Kind of Spark has been Waterstones Book of the Month and The Times' Children's Book of the Week.

E.L.Norry, also known as Em Norry, is the author of debut middle grade spy novel, Amber Undercover.

Serena Patel is the author of the Anisha Accidental Detective series, winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards.