The opening chapter from Bridget Walsh’s novel, The Stanhope Venus, winner of the UEA Little, Brown Award for Crime Fiction LONDON, 1876 ONE Minnie Ward wrapped the towel more securely round her hand and took a firm hold of the knife. With one deft movement, she inserted the blade into the hinge of the oyster, twisted it […]
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Bridget Walsh wins UEA Little, Brown Award
Graduating Creative Writing student Bridget Walsh has won this year’s £3,000 UEA Little, Brown Award for Crime Fiction for her debut novel The Stanhope Venus. Bridget (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Crime Writing this year and was also the recipient of the David Higham Associates scholarship to undertake the course. A former teacher of […]
