
Mark Dudley
Official Site of Unpublished
Crime and Thriller Author
Books
Competitions
2024 Yeovil Literary Prize
High Water has been short-listed for the 2024 Yeovil Literary Prize
2025 Retreat West Opening Lines
High Water has been long-listed for the 2025 Retreat West Opening Lines Prize
2022 Exeter Novel Prize
Dead Wood was long-listed for the 2022 Exeter Novel Prize
2023 Grindstone Novel Prize
Dead Wood was long-listed for the 2023 Grindstone Novel Prize
Bio

I was born and bred in Coventry, but over the years have lived in Kelmscott in Western Australia, Aberystwyth, Liverpool, Shropshire, Herefordshire and now the picturesque Stroud Valleys in Gloucestershire. I read voraciously and widely, but my particular passion is crime thrillers and police procedurals.
I am querying my first police procedural, Dead Wood, Featuring Detective Sergeants Fiona Crowe and Cassie Dunbar, Dead Wood is set in the mythical landscapes of the Shropshire/Welsh Marches and Shrewsbury.