Joy Ellis is an English crime writer. She is the author of the DI Nikki Galena series, the DI Jackman and DS Marie Evans series, and the Detective Matt Ballard series of crime thrillers. In 2018 she was named
Audible's Breakthrough Crime Writer of the Year.
Biography
Ellis was born in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England, but spent most of her adult life in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
and
Surrey. She worked as an apprentice florist, ran a florist shop in Weybridge,
and was a bookshop manager. She took part in a writers' workshop in Greece,
[ and was encouraged by ]Sue Townsend
Susan Lillian Townsend, FRSL (née Johnstone, 2 April 194610 April 2014), was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole.
After writing ...
, her tutor, to write seriously.
Ellis is married to her partner, Jacqueline, who is a retired police officer, and they live in the Lincolnshire Fens
The Fens, also known as the , in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a ...
with several Springer spaniels.[
]
Awards
* 2019 Audie Award
The Audie Awards (, rhymes with "gaudy"; abbreviated from ''audiobook''), or simply the Audies, are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They ...
s finalist, Thriller/Suspense category: ''Their Lost Daughters'', narrated by Richard Armitage, and published by Audible Studios
Novels
DI Nikki Galena series
DI Rowan Jackman & DS Marie Evans series
Detective Matt Ballard series
Other books
References
External links
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Order of Books
Living people
English crime fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
English women novelists
English thriller writers
Women thriller writers
21st-century English women writers
21st-century English novelists
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