Dreda Say Mitchell

Dreda Say Mitchell (born 1965) is a British crime novelist. She won the Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey Award for best first novel in 2004 with Running Hot.

She was born in London's East End to Caribbean migrants from Grenada. She grew up in a housing estate and learned to love reading in the local Whitechapel library. She has a degree in African history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a MA in education studies. She has worked as a teacher and education consultant in primary and secondary schools, and as a broadcaster and journalist.^[1][2]

Books

• Gangster Girl due out March 2010
• Geezer Girls 2009 Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 9780340937112
• Killer Tune 2007 Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 9780340937082
• Running Hot 2004 Maia Press.

Opinion pieces

• 'If Dennis Potter came along today he'd have no chance'
• You are what you own
• How carnival reflects our changing community
• Discussant in Multiculturalism: a failed experiment?

References

1. ^ Publisher's author profile
2. ^ Christina Patterson "Dreda Say Mitchell: The star schoolgirl athlete who lept over higher hurdles to succeed in crime fiction", The Independent, 31 August 2007

External links

• Author’s website
• BBC Women's Hour Interview
• Still running hot - interview with TES connect

See also

• British African-Caribbean community
• Crime fiction
• School of Oriental and African Studies

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