Marrisse Whittaker

Hi. Welcome to my Author Central page. My name is Marrisse Whittaker. I have been creating characters for all of my working life. First, as a TV and Film Make-Up Artist and then as a TV scriptwriter, creating stories for popular UK drama TV series.

But plenty of drama takes place in real life too, and when I joined forces with my husband, former TV journalist Bob Whittaker, to establish Orion TV, we produced a fascinating range of factual programmes for major broadcasters around the world.

I live by the sea in rural Northumberland in the UK, inventing dark and twisty plotlines for the detective Billie Wilde series, whilst wandering through the dramatic surf and turf landscape right on my doorstep. Many of my Billie Wilde stories are set in the area.

The Magpie, Book 1 in the Billie Wilde crime thriller series, was shortlisted for The Lindisfarne Prize for Outstanding Debut Crime Fiction. Since then, The Devil's Line, The Mad Hatter Murders, Buried Dreams and Backstabber have followed, all featuring Billie Wilde, the first three as a police detective, the last two as a PI. My new novel, A Body of Lies, is currently a standalone killer thriller, but might just be the start of a whole new series. Hope you enjoy reading my books!