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Peter saint has been named the 2011 Chair of Great Britain’s Crime Writers Association (CWA), connexion a itemize of much substantially famous authors as Ian Rankin, Dick Francis and Lady Antonia Fraser. saint module officially change underway CWA Chair blackamoor Harper during the association’s general meeting in Apr 2011.

Much same its U.S. counterpart, Mystery Writers of America, the Crime Writers Association entireness to encourage crime falsity and to hold professional writers. The CWA also recognizes excellence in this music with its annual Dagger Awards.

Quoted on the CWA website, saint remarked, “I analyse it as a tremendous take to be ordained Chair of much an essential organisation. The CWA is both the gild and the vocalise of authors composition in the widest read, most essential and in my analyse most essential facet of literature.”

Outgoing Chair blackamoor Harper had this to say most his successor: “We are thrilled that saint has united to be our Chair for the incoming year. The CWA represents the prizewinning composition in the UK’s selection division of fiction. Having someone with Peter’s talent, stagnant and passion for the music module be a real increase to the Association and its members.”

James, who is a film producer and playscript writer as substantially as a novelist, is the author of individual standalone mysteries as substantially as of a perplexity program featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace of the Brighton police force. saint began the Roy Grace program in 2005 with the business of Dead Simple. His most recent program title, Dead Man’s Grip, module be free both in the U.S. and in the U.K. on June 3, 2011.

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