Abir Mukherjee: Crime Novelist
Abir Mukherjee: Crime Novelist
Creative Conversations
Date: Monday 21 October 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Abir Mukherjee
Website: www.gla.ac.uk/events/creativeconversations/
Abir Mukherjee is the Times bestselling author of the Sam Wyndham series of crime novels set in Raj era India. His debut, 'A Rising Man', won the CWA Endeavour Dagger for best historical crime novel of 2017 and was shortlisted for the MWA Edgar for best novel. His second novel, 'A Necessary Evil', won the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing and was a Zoe Ball Book Club pick. His third novel, 'Smoke and Ashes', was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 Best Crime & Thriller Novels since 1945. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in London with his wife and two sons.
As part of the on-going Creative Conversation speaker series, award-winning crime novelist Abir Mukherjee comes to campus to chat about his writing. Bring your lunch and burning questions!
Sponsored by the Ferguson Bequest and programmed by Creative Writing at University of Glasgow