Mark Eklid - FACT TO FICTION: From sports journalist to crime thriller writer

Derby Book Festival has teamed up with the Society of Authors, Derby Libraries and Derbyshire Library Service to organise a series of talks by local authors in libraries across the city and county. To book tickets for the events, visit: https://www.gigantic.com/meet-your-local-author-tickets or pop into the library where the event is being held to book a place. Payment can be made to the author at the event on the day. Alternatively email or phone the local library for more information. Our Libraries - Derbyshire  Find a Library | Libraries in Derby | In Derby

A resident of Derby, Mark Eklid was an award-winning regional newspaper sports journalist before switching from cricket to crime thrillers. Mark published his first novel ‘Sunbeam’ in 2019, then came ‘Family Business’ and ‘Catalyst’, and these were quickly followed up by ‘The Murder of Miss Perfect’ and ‘Blood on Shakespeare’s Typewriter’ which were both published through SpellBound Books. In June 2024 Mark self-published, ‘The 23-Day Girlfriend’. All six novels, have received top reviews on Amazon, and are fast-moving, plot-twisting crime thrillers set in the city of his birth, Sheffield.

Derby Book Festival has teamed up with the Society of Authors, Derby Libraries and Derbyshire Library Service to organise a series of talks by local authors in libraries across the city and county. To book tickets for the events, visit: https://www.gigantic.com/meet-your-local-author-tickets or pop into the library where the event is being held to book a place. Payment can be made to the author at the event on the day. Alternatively email or phone the local library for more information. Our Libraries - Derbyshire  Find a Library | Libraries in Derby | In Derby