Author Talk: Penny Hancock and Kate Rhodes
Wednesday 3 July 2019 at 7.30 pm in The Swifts
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Penny Hancock is the author of novels Tideline, The Darkening Hour, and A Trick of the Mind. She has also written widely on family and relationships for mainstream media including the Guardian, the Times, the Independent, and Psychologies magazine and has published several short stories. Penny Hancock’s new book I Thought I Knew You, was published in March 2019. It is the story of the repercussions on two families of a shocking allegation, the novel asks whether we really know the people we love the most. A qualified teacher, Penny has taught from early primary to post graduate, and has recently been the Royal Literary Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Penny is passionate about encouraging and teaching new writers. |
Kate Rhodes is a British crime writer, living in Cambridge. She began life as an English teacher and spent several years in Texas and Florida, teaching and enjoying the sunshine, before returning the to the UK.
Kate is the author of the Alice Quentin crime series, set in London and the creator of D.I.Ben Kitto who hails from the Isles of Scilly but did work for the Metropolitan police.
Kate believes strongly in researching her stories, so that every detail is accurate. Her research has taken her to some fascinating but dangerous locations, including high security prisons and psychiatric hospitals. Recently she attended an autopsy, which made her realise that some things are better left to the imagination........
