Dead On Deansgate: M**der, She Writes Panel

Dead On Deansgate presents M**der, She Writes: a panel celebrating some of the most exciting female authors in crime fiction.
About this Event

Part of the Dead On Deansgate crime celebration weekend, Saturday 1st—Sunday 2nd August.
Dead On Deansgate presents M**der, She Writes: a panel celebrating some of the most exciting female authors in crime fiction. Featuring...

Internationally bestselling author Ruth Ware presents The Woman in Suite 11, the pulsating follow-up to The Woman in Cabin 10 which sets Lo Blacklock off on a cat-and-mouse race across Europe in defence of the mistress of a reclusive billionaire.

Award-winning author Charlotte Vassell presents the latest of her Caius Beauchamp mysteries, A Fatal Legacy:a tale of deadly first dates and the consequences of letting the wrong person in.

Catherine Steadman introduces Nine Lives: an addictive, ingeniously plotted thriller revolving around a new resident in an exclusive London postcode whose curiosity about her neighbours and their secrets turns into a deadly game.
The panel will be chaired by C. E. Hulse, whose time-loop whodunnit Vivian Dies Again sees our titular protagonist relive the day she was pushed from a balcony until she can solve her own M**der.
More authors to be announced soon...

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
CAROLINE 'C. E.' HULSE lives in Manchester with her husband and a small, controlling dog. She is the author of general fiction books Reasonable People, All the Fun of the Fair, Like a House on Fire and The Adults. Under the name C. E. Hulse, her debut crime novel Vivian Dies Again was released in January 2026. Her books have been published in fourteen languages and optioned for television.
CATHERINE STEADMAN is a New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter & actress based in London. Her first novel, Something in the Water, was a New York Times bestseller, a Reese’s Book Club pick and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick with rights sold in more than thirty territories. She is also the author of Mr Nobody, The Disappearing Act and The Family Game.
CHARLOTTE VASSELL studied history at the University of Liverpool and completed a Master’s in art history at SOAS, University of London, before training as an actor at Drama Studio London. The Other Half, the first installment of her DI Caius Beauchamp series was published in 2023. Charlotte won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel in 2025 for The In Crowd, the second volume in the series.
RUTH WARE is an international number one bestseller. Her thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, The Death of Mrs Westaway, The Turn of the Key, One by One, The It Girl, Zero Days, One Perfect Couple and The Woman in Suite 11 have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the Sunday Times and New York Times, and have sold more than ten million copies. Her books have been optioned for both film and TV, and she is published in more than 40 languages. Ruth lives near Brighton with her family on the south coast of England.