Edwards, Martin: - Martin Edwards is the recipient of the CWA 2020 Diamond Dagger Award for sustained excellence in his crime writing career and his significant contribution to the genre.
He was elected eighth President of the Detection Club in 2015, is current Chair of the CWA, and posts regularly to his blog, \'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?\'.
An expert on crime fiction history, he is archivist of both the Crime Writers\' Association and the Detection Club.
A well-known commentator on crime fiction, he has edited 37 anthologies and published diverse nonfiction books, including a study of homicide investigation, Urge to Kill.
His The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books has been nominated for five awards.
Keating and Macavity awards.
His groundbreaking study of the genre between the wars, The Golden Age of Murder, was warmly reviewed around the world, and won the Edgar, Agatha, H.
R.
F.
Martin is also a well-known crime fiction critic, and series consultant to the British Library\'s Crime Classics.
His eighth and most recent Lake District Mystery is THE Girl They ALL FORGOT.
His most recent novel is GALLOWS COURT, the second book in the Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mystery series.
Edwards, Martin: - Martin Edwards is the recipient of the CWA 2020 Diamond Dagger Award for sustained excellence in his crime writing career and his significant contribution to the genre
