Every month we like to feature an author who has caught our eye or inspired us. You can find their books by searching for their titles on our online catalogue or pop into your local library.

Chris Ewan

Born in Taunton in 1976, Chris Ewan graduated from the University of Nottingham with a degree in American Studies with a minor in Canadian Literature, and later trained as a lawyer. After eleven years living on the Isle of Man, he returned home to Somerset with his wife and two children, where he writes full time. Chris’s first standalone thriller, Safe House, was a number one bestseller in the UK and was shortlisted for The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. He is also the author of thrillers Dead Line, Dark Tides and Long Time Lost. Also writing as C.M. Ewan, his latest books are nerve-shredding thrillers about ordinary situations gone wrong. Chris Ewan’s’, critically acclaimed and bestselling mystery and thriller novels have been called “truly compelling” (Daily Express) and “chilling and thoroughly enjoyable” (Observer).

Welsh author of the month - Myfanwy Alexander

Myfanwy Alexander is a Welsh writer, producer and author who was brought up in the hills of Montgomeryshire where she returned to raise her six daughters in a thatched farmhouse near Llanfair Caereinion. As a writer and broadcaster, she has numerous credits for comedy, drama and factual programmes, winning a Sony Comedy Award for her long-running satire show The LL Files. She is half of the Wales team on Radio 4's gloriously obscure Round Britain Quiz. She is company director at Cwmni THR. Myfanwy is also a member of Crime Cymru, a Welsh crime writing collective.