Ruth Ware, the New York Times-bestselling author of Zero Days, will be appearing at the inaugural Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival on Saturday 7th October.

As announced in The Bookseller, the event will run from 9am-11.30pm and will see more than 70 authors attending the event at the historic Grade II-listed Colston Hall.

Ruth will be appearing on the Marple Stage for a panel entitled ‘Star Spangled Bangers: USA-set and US Bestsellers’ at 12.30pm, alongside Alex North, Steph Broadribb, C D Major and Mason Cross. For more information, including how to book your tickets, see here.

Ruth’s latest adrenaline-fuelled thriller, Zero Days, is out now. Grab your US copy here, and your UK copy here, or via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

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