Waking the Tiger by UEA alumnus Mark Wightman has been longlisted for he 2022 Ngaio Marsh Best Novel Award, which is made for the best crime, mystery, or thriller novel written by a New Zealand citizen or resident. It was published by Hobeck last year and is currently shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association John […]
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Greg Buchanan, Antony Dunford and Mark Wightman longlisted for CWA John Creasy (New Blood) Dagger Award
Three UEA alumni have been longlisted for the 2022 Crime Writers’ Association John Creasy (New Blood) Dagger Award for the best debut crime novel. Greg Buchanan, who graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2018, is nominated for Sixteen Horses, which was published by Mantle in the UK and Flatiron in the USA […]
Mark Wightman shortlisted for Scottish Crime Debut of the Year
Waking the Tiger, the debut novel by UEA alumnus Mark Wightman, has been shortlisted for the Scottish Crime Debut of the Year Award. It was published by Hobeck earlier this month and is currently also longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for the best Scottish crime fiction debut. Mark grew up in the Far East – […]
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An extract from Mark Wightman’s debut novel, Waking the Tiger, published by Hobeck in June 2021 The air in the small office was as still as a dead cat in a gutter. Betancourt lifted the rattan chicks that covered the windows in a futile attempt to take advantage of what little breeze there was, […]
Waking the Tiger by Mark Wightman
Waking the Tiger is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Mark Wightman and is published by Hobeck this week. Mark grew up in the Far East – first in Hong Kong, and then in Singapore – and graduated with distinction from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Crime Writing) in 2018. Previously he gained an MSc […]
