No Country For Girls by Emma Styles has been announced as this year’s Little, Brown Award for Crime Fiction. The award, which is worth £3,000, is judged by a panel of Sphere Fiction editors and awarded to the best graduating student on the UEA MA in Crime Fiction. The inaugural winner in 2017 was Merle Nygate for A Righteous Spy. Femi Kayode won in 2018 with Lightseekers, while last year’s winner was Bridget Walsh with The Stanhope Venus. Emma (pictured) has previously worked as a veterinarian, track-work rider and meditation teacher. She wrote No Country For Girls over the two years of the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at UEA.
Emma Styles wins Little, Brown UEA Crime Fiction Award
