
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Official Site of Unpublished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
2025 Bath Novel Awards
High Water has been judged in the top 100 entries of 2901 for the 2025 Bath Novel Award
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.