David Stuart Davies (1946-2024) was the author of six novels featuring private detective hero, Johnny Hawke, and another five novels featuring Sherlock Holmes as well as several non-fiction books about the Baker Street detective including the movie volume Starring Sherlock Holmes.
As well as being a committee member of the Crime Writers' Association, and editing their monthly magazine, Red Herrings, David was the general contributing editor for Wordsworth Editions Mystery & Supernatural series and a major contributor of introductions to the Collectors' Library classic editions.
Matthew Booth's books include When Anthony Rathe Investigates, a series of murder mysteries featuring a disgraced criminal barrister, also published by Sparkling Books. Matthew is also the author of the Everett Carr mysteries, novels inspired by the famous Golden Age of detective fiction, the latest of which is A Sudden Vengeance. He is also the author of the war-time noir thriller, The House of Skulls, featuring private eye, Alex Priest.
Matthew has appeared at numerous events, discussing topics such as Sherlock Holmes, crime and supernatural fiction, film noir, and Jack the Ripper. A member of the Crime Writers' Association, he is now Editor of its magazine, Red Herrings, and he is the co-host of the film podcast, Cinema Sleuths.