Ruth Ware, New York Times-bestselling author of the mystery thriller The It Girl, will be taking part in a Miss Marple-themed event for Small Wonder Festival, the UK’s only festival dedicated to short-form writing. The event takes place at Charleston, in the South Downs National Park in East Sussex, at 3pm on Thursday October 13th.

Ruth will be joining Lucy Foley and Jean Kwok, fellow authors and contributors to Marple: Twelve New Stories, an anthology of short stories featuring the famous sleuth, for a talk entitled ‘Marple’:

“Nosy spinster or feminist radical? … Celebrating the influence of Christie on their own works, three internationally renowned crime writers come together to discuss the beloved, genre-defining author and her leading lady. Lucy Foley, Jean Kwok and Ruth Ware have each contributed a brand-new story featuring the legendary detective to the new collection, ‘Marple: Twelve New Stories’.”

For more information, including how to book your tickets, see here.

Marple: Twelve New Stories is out now. Grab your US copy here, and your UK copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

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