‘This is the best kind of thriller: as literate and thoughtful as it is fast-moving. Attica Locke has bags of style, and sings the blues on every page’ – Mick Herron (Slow Horses)
The American crime writer and script writer makes a rare visit to the UK to discuss her
latest, gripping, politically charged crime novel, Guide Me Home. Attica Locke is the author of six novels including Heaven, My Home, a Waterstones Thriller of the Month; Bluebird, Bluebird, winner of the CWA Steel Dagger; Pleasantville, longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, and Black Water Rising, shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her screenwriting and producer credits include When They See Us, Empire, and the Emmy-nominated Little Fires Everywhere.
Presented by Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester.
