Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves is widely recognized for her Vera Stanhope series, which features a detective inspector in Northumberland, and her Shetland series, set on the remote Scottish islands.

Both Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope novels and her Shetland series have been adapted into popular long-running television dramas.

New readers often begin with "Raven Black," the first book in the Shetland series, or "The Crow Trap," which introduces Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope.

Ann Cleeves won the Gold Dagger for "Raven Black," the first book in her Shetland series, and was awarded the Diamond Dagger for her outstanding contribution to crime fiction.