Victoria Dowd

Victoria’s was short listed for the CWA Dagger in 2023. She is an award winning crime writer, winning The People’s Book Prize 2020/2021 for her debut novel, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder. It was also named Classic Mystery’s Book of the Year 2020. The Smart woman’s mystery series is a dark, humorous crime series that is a modern take on the classic whodunnit.

She is an award winning short story writer, winning the Gothic Fiction prize for short fiction 2019 and has been short listed for many awards. Her short fiction is widely published in literary journals and anthologies.

She is co convenor of the London Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association and recently spoke at the International Agatha Christie Festival, Malice Domestic (the Agathas) in Washington, Crimefest and many other literary festivals.

You can find out more about her on her website https://victoriadowd.com

Victoria is originally from Yorkshire and, after studying at Cambridge, went on to be a criminal law barrister appearing at the Old Bailey for many years.