Claire Wilson – Creative Conversations

Monday 13 January, 2025 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ
Claire Wilson is a crime writer from central Scotland. Her crime books are based on her day job as an Intelligence Analyst in a Scottish Prison. She loves gritty crime and grew up reading Martina Cole and Stephen King. Her debut novel, Five by Five was previously a finalist in the Capital Crime / Amazon Publishing New Voices Award in 2021 and Adventures in Fiction New Voices in 2022.
Claire was picked to pitch her novel at the Pitch Perfect event at the Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival in 2022.
In 2023, Claire won the Penguin Michael Jospeh Undiscovered Writers Prize. Five by Five will be published by Penguin Michael Joseph in 2024.
Creative Conversations is generously supported by the Ferguson Bequest.
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