Ruth Ware, the New York Times-bestselling author of The It Girl and Zero Days, will interview bestselling author Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club) at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2024, where she will be Festival Programming Chair.

In an announcement of the headliners on the Harrogate International Festivals website, which you can read in full here, Ruth said:

“I’m so proud of the incredible roster of special guests appearing at this year’s Festival – together they showcase the strength, breadth and sheer excellence of the crime-writing landscape. Harrogate has always been a Festival with readers at its very heart, and there really is something for everyone in this glorious celebration of our brilliant and bloody genre.”

Ruth Ware’s psychological thriller The It Girl was shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023.

Her forthcoming high-tension thriller, One Perfect Couple, will be released by Simon & Schuster in the US on 21st May and in the UK on 18th July. Pre-order your US copy here and your UK copy here.

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