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RUTH DUGDALL IS AN AWARD-WINNING BRITISH CRIME WRITER, WHOSE DEBUT NOVEL THE WOMAN BEFORE ME WON THE CWA DEBUT DAGGER AWARD AND THE 2009 LUKE BITMEAD BURSARY. HER SECOND NOVEL THE SACRIFICIAL MAN WAS PUBLISHED IN 2011. RUTH WORKED AS A PROBATION OFFICER FOR ALMOST A DECADE IN HIGH SECURITY PRISONS IN SUFFOLK, INCLUDING WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER. RUTH’S WRITING IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY HER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, PROVIDING AUTHENTICITY AND CREDIBILITY TO THE CRIME GENRE. SHE CURRENTLY LIVES IN LUXEMBOURG AND VOLUNTEERS AT A LOCAL PRISON.

B.A, D. ED DEGREE HOLDER AND AN EDUCATIONIST BY PROFESSION, SAIE SANE HAS A STRONG LIKING FOR READING AND WRITING. CURRENTLY WORKING AS SPECIAL EDUCATOR IN SCHOOL. HER PASSION FOR WRITING LED HER TO WRITE IN VARIOUS FORMS WHICH LARGELY INCLUDES LITERATURE FOR KIDS.