Glenda Young’s bestselling sagas are set in a northeast mining village of Ryhope in 1919 and her cosy crimes are set in modern-day Scarborough.

The cosy crime series was shortlisted with Val McDermid and Richard Osman in the Dead Good Readers Awards for Best New Crime Series.

Glenda is published by Headline. She has also written TV tie-in books for ITV’s Coronation Street and is an award-winning short story writer.

She was one of six finalists in the coveted Clement & Le Frenais comedy award.

Glenda also has a unique claim to fame, she’s the writer of Riverside, a weekly soap opera published in The People’s Friend magazine since 2016.