Swanage Literary Festival – ‘Whose Book is it Anyway?’ Panel Discussion

With authors Steve Couch, Andreina Cordani, Sophie Hannah and Alex Stone.

Steve Couch lives in Bournemouth with his family. Steve’s first novel, Dead Man Singing, was published in September 2023 and his second, Foul and Fair, followed in July 2024. His third, Imogen Imagine, will be published in September 2026.

Andreina Cordani is the author of six books – two young adult thrillers and four festive mysteries, including ‘Murder at the Christmas Emporium’, which was shortlisted for the CWA Whodunit Dagger award. Her first thriller, ‘The Girl Who…’ was shortlisted for the Crimefest Best Crime Novel for Young Adults and longlisted for the Branford Boase Award.

Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times, New York Times, USA Today and Amazon Kindle No. 1 bestselling crime writer whose books have sold millions of copies and are published in 51 countries. She is the author of the new Hercule Poirot mystery novels, and she won the UK National Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year prize in 2013, and the Crime Writers Association Dagger in the Library Award in 2023 for her body of work.

Alex Stone writes psychological thrillers set in Dorset, where atmospheric coastal landscapes provide the backdrop for dark secrets, buried trauma, and dangerous truths. Her novels centre on unreliable female narrators whose past experiences shape how they respond to the threats unfolding around them.