Renita D’Silva

Writer - Historical and Crime
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Crime writer, Novelist
Available for:
Collaboration, Festivals and other events, Ghostwriting, Judging, Lecturing and teaching, Library visits, Live readings and performances, Media, Mentoring, Public speaking, Reader reports, Residencies, School visits, Translation, Workshops

Renita D’Silva has had sixteen historical fiction novels published. The Sisters of William Street, the first book in her Sisters of William Street WW1 saga series will be published on 16 Dec. Her short stories have been published in The View from Here, Bartleby Snopes, this zine, Platinum Page, Paragraph Planet, Verve, the Best of the Net anthology, the Arts Council funded Bridges Not Borders anthology of prizewinning stories, among others. They have been nominated for the Pushcart prize, shortlisted for the LoveReading Very Short Story award and The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize and longlisted for the BBC National Short Story award. Her short story, Put On The Spot, has been selected to be published in the Guilty Secrets CWA Anthology edited by Martin Edwards, to be published by Flame Tree in 2026. Her first psychological thriller, The Neighbours, won the Joffe Books Prize 2023. Her fourth psychological thriller, Good Twin Bad Twin, is out on October 6.