Previous event participants
2026 Main Stage, Whitley Bay Playhouse
Ann Cleeves
Belinda Bauer
Alis Hawkins
Ruth Ware
Katherine Bradley
A.K. Benedict
Jenny Morris
Sarah Hilary
Tanya Sweeney
Rebecca Philipson
Frances Crawford
Lin Anderson
Mark Edwards
S.M. Govett
Elly Griffiths
Steph McGovern
Tim Rideout
Leodora Darlington
Ragnar Jonasson
Trevor Wood
2025 Main Stage, Whitley Bay Playhouse
Ann Cleeves
Tim Rideout
William Shaw
Janice Hallett
Tariq Ashkanani
Guy Morpuss
Sara Hilary
Tracy Whitwell
Ellery Lloyd
Steph McGovern
Mari Hannah
Anna Mazzola
Chris McDonald
C.L. Taylor
Emma Kavanagh
John Sutherland
Oskar Jensen
Mark Billingham
Emma Flint
2025 Fringe
Fri, Laurels Theatre. Noir at the Bay Bar
Pam Plumb
Robert Rutherford
Neil Broadfoot
Jen Conley
Victoria Dowd
Heather J Fitt
Nick Triplow
Suzy Aspley
Nicky Black
Sat, Laurels Theatre. Whose Crime is it Anyway?
Northern Crime Syndicate
Anna Mazzola
Chris McDonald
Sun, Whitley Bay Library. Voices of the North
Trevor Wood
Rose Wilding
Robert Rutherford
Howard Linskey
2024 Main Stage, Whitley Bay Playhouse
Ann Cleaves
Tim Rideout
Ruth Ware
Claire Douglas
Val McDermid
Steph McGovern
C.M. Ewan
Alice Feeney
Araminta Hall
C.L. Miller
Gillian McAllister
Amy McCulloch
Chris McDonald
Nicci French
Hannah Richell
Katherine Bradley
Vaseem Khan
Emma Flint
C.M. Ewan
Alice Feeney
Araminta Hall
C.L. Miller
Gillian McAllister
Amy McCulloch
2024 Fringe
Fri, Crab & Waltzer. Noir at the Bay Bar
Russ Thomas
Mik Brown
Lori Rader Day
Eve Smith
Emma Styles
Fiona Cummins
Heather Critchlow
Orlando Murrin
Emma Christie
Jo Callaghan
Sat, Crab & Waltzer. Whose Crime is it Anyway?
Northern Crime Syndicate
Sun, Whitley Bay Library. Red Hot Chilli Writers Live, North Vs South
Trevor Wood
Abir Mukherjee
Vaseem Khan
Fiona Cummins