Crime-writer alias of Harry Potter author among the 18 novelists longlisted for Theakstons Old Peculier crime novel of the year prize A package containing a severed leg has proved to be JK Rowling’s passport on to the Theakstons longlist,as her novelist alter ego Robert Galbraith picks up a first nomination for the award.
Galbraith’s novel Career of Evil, in which the hero’s assistant receives a gruesome delivery, or is up against some of the biggest names in crime writing for the Theakstons Old Peculier crime novel of the year award. Former winners Val McDermid and trace Billingham are also in contention this year,as well as bestseller Ann Cleeves.
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Source: theguardian.com