The Irish Times

Kathy Reichs: ‘I’ll never put anything in just to be grisly’

After decades as a forensic anthropologist, Kathy Reichs decided to try her hand at fiction. But the woman behind ‘Bones’ has never lost her scientific edge

Sat Jul 15 2017 - 05:00

Prolific crime novelist and Labour peer

Ruth Rendell: February 17th, 1930 – May 2nd, 2015

Sat May 09 2015 - 01:00

British crime writer Ruth Rendell dies aged 85

Author wrote more than 60 best-selling novels including the Inspector Wexford series

Sat May 02 2015 - 13:48

Assured practitioner of the classic English murder mystery

PD James: August 3rd, 1920 - November 27th, 2014

Sat Dec 06 2014 - 01:46

Writer PD James dies at the age of 94

Novelist best know for the Adam Dalgliesh series wrote her first novel in 1962

Thu Nov 27 2014 - 15:27

Hard truths and hot faces in creative writing

Having given up my legal career in Dublin to pursue a master’s in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, now I am faced with the realities of my new path

Fri Aug 08 2014 - 01:00